Страдательный залог (упражнения)

2.1. Раскройте скобки, поставьте глаголы в нужные формы страдательного залога.

1. Those books (return) to the library yesterday.

2. The paintings (exhibit) till the end of the month.

3. Why your home task (not do)?

4. The patient (take) to the hospital today, and (operate) tomorrow morning.

5. This room (use) only on special occasions.

6. We (tell) about it already.

7. This newspaper (not read) because the pages (not cut).

8. Dictionaries may not (use) at the examination.

9. Usually the experiments (carry out) every day, but they (not carry out) yesterday.

10. The book (return) to the library yesterday.

11. Thousands of new houses (build) every year.

12. This room (not use) for a long time.

2.2. Перепишите предложения в страдатель­ном залоге, сделав выделенное слово подлежащим.

1. They offered William a promotion.

2. They are testing the new system.

3. The authorities reported that the economic situation was under control.

4. They may see the film.

5. We haven’t used the car for ages.

6. Employers must pay all travel expenses for this training course.

7. All visitors must wear identity badges.

8. The news about the exam results distressed Sidney.

9. Nobody informed the college that there had been a mistake.

10. The company has cut all salaries.

2.3. Закончите предложения. Вставьте гла­голы в нужной форме (Present or Past Passive).

invite, cause, damage, hold, make, overtake, show, surround, translate, write

1. You can’t see the house from the road. It ___ by trees.

2. Cheese ___ from milk.

3. The roof of the building ___ in a storm a few days ago.

4. You ___ to the wedding. Why didn’t you go?

5. A cinema is a place where films ___.

6. In the United States elections for president ___ very four years.

7. Originally the book ___ in Russian, and a few years ago it ͟ into English.

8. Although we were driving quite fast, we ͟ by a lot of other cars.

9. Many accidents ___ by dangerous driving.

2.4. Раскройте скобки (Present Simple or Past Simple, Active or Passive).

1. It’s a big factory. Five hundred people (employ) there.

2. Somebody (clean) this room yesterday?

3. Water (cover) most of the earth’s surface.

4. How much of the earth’s surface (cover) by water?

5. The shop (close) at 9.30 p.m. every evening.

6. The letter (post) a week ago and it (arrive) yesterday.

7. The boat hit a rock and (sink) quickly. Fortunately everybody (rescue).

8. I was born in Moscow, but I (grow up) in Rostov.

9. While I was on holiday, my camera (steal) from my hotel room.

10. While I was on holiday, my camera (disappear) from my hotel room.

11. Why Sue (resign) from her job? Didn’t she enjoy it?

12. Why Bill (sack) from his job? What did he do wrong?

13. Where these photographs (take)? In London? You (take) them, or somebody else?

14. Nobody (injure) in the road accident last night so the ambulance (not / need).

2.5. Перепишите предложения в страдатель­ном залоге.

Образец: Somebody cleans the room every day. — The room is cleaned every day.

1. They cancelled all flights because of fog.

2. People didn’t use this road much.

3. She has sent me an e-mail yesterday.

4. How do people learn languages?

5. Somebody warned us not to go out alone.

6. Somebody will clean the room later.

7. They are selling fresh fruit here.