Task 30. Turn the following Active constructions into Passive.
1. We never saw him in the dining room. A maid took all his meals up to him.
2. Someone left this purse in a classroom yesterday; the cleaner found it.
3. Has someone posted my parcel?
4. An ambulance took the sick man to hospital.
5. They haven’t stamped the letter.
6. We built well over 1,000 new houses a year. Last year we built 1,500.
7. Nobody has used this room for ages.
8. The watchman called the police.
9. They have taken down the For Sale notice, so I suppose they have sold the house.
10. They took him for a Frenchman; his French was so good.
Task 31. Open the brackets. Use Past Simple or Present Perfect Simple (Passive) for the following extracts.
1. “I am not prepared,’ my farther said, ‘to listen to your suggestions that you never (to treat) fairly at school.”
2. I (to receive) by one of the chiefs and (to take) for lunch to the canteen.
3. Please find out if your farther (to see) to leave.
4. On Friday she (to give) two weeks notice at the Works.
5. Then the voice announced that the passengers (to beg) to pass through the Customs.
6. He (to see) entering the school building just when the first student (to call upon) to read aloud from Beowulf.
7. Their engagement (to announce) and a number of parties (to give) for the young couple.
8. The days that followed afterward (to look back on) by Phillip as a kind of nightmare.
9. Different approaches (to try) with somewhat mixed results.
10. The boy who put a frog in the teacher’s desk (to ask) to return the frog to the pool.
Task 32. Open the brackets. Use infinitives or …ing-forms for the following extracts.
1. They stared at each other, Dan still ... with his tea cup and Willy ... out in the chair. (to stand, to stretch)
2. While ... for a flight, and without ever ... the terminal, a visitor could have his hair ..., suit ... and shoes ... . (to wait, to leave, to cut, to press, to shine)
3. The snow never stopped ... that afternoon. It was dreadful ... outdoors. (to fall, to be)
4. Then we strolled round the place ... preparations … … up the tent. (to watch, to make, to set)
5. The door did not open. She left off ..., and, ... down at the top of the stairs, buried her face in her hands. (to ring, to sit)
6. The thought came ... into his mind. (to flash)
7. .... them in so short a time would have been next to impossible. (to find)
8. She took up the egg-cup and held it to the light ... if it might be tarnished a little. Then she set about ... the egg. (to see, to chip)
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9. I spent some time with Tom ... maps of the country. (to study)
10. He was accustomed to ... through the morning noises of the neighbourhood. (to sleep)
11. The confusion that followed would be impossible ... . (to describe)
12. He was beyond ... about what was going to happen to him. (to care)
13. She could not help ... into her conversation the names of the people she knew. (to bring)
14. The state I’m in I’m liable ... out ... . (to burst, to cry)
Task 33. Translate from Russian into English. Use Infinitives, Past Participles or …ing-forms.
1. Она сидела, улыбаясь.
2. Работа, начатая им, очень важна.
3. Исправленные тексты лежали на столе.
4. Трудно сказать, что он имел в виду.
5. Опаздывая на переговоры, они ушли еще до окончания вечера.
6. Он был достаточно бодр, чтобы не отказать нам в помощи.
7. Не зная грамматических правил, он делал много ошибок.
8. Они остановились, чтобы убрать с дороги большой камень.
9. Я прочла несколько книг этого автора, переведенных на русский язык.
10. Чувствуя себя плохо, он решил остаться дома.
Task 34. Change the form of the word, which is in the right-hand column.
WHO REALLY DISCOVERED AMERICA?
| 34.1 Everybody knows that Christopher Columbus discovered America. However, America ________ after Amerigo Vespucci who explored the eastern coast of South America. | NAME |
| 34.2 Was he really the first to reach the continent? The great Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdal __________ it wasn’t true. | THINK |
| 34.3 Не believed that ancient people were able to build boats that ________ cross oceans. | CAN |
| 34.4 To test his ideas, Heyerdal decided to build a copy of the reed boats, which ______ in ancient Egyptian paintings and sail across the Atlantic. | PICTURE |
| 34.5 On May 25, 1969 the boat called Ra left a port in Morocco and headed across the ____________ part of the Atlantic. | WIDE |
| 34.6 Before reaching Barbados, Ra _________ but all the members of the expedition survived and wanted to try again. | BREAK |
| 34.7 So, on May 17, 1970 Ra II successfully crossed the Atlantic, ____ that ancient civilizations had enough skill to reach America long before Columbus. | PROVE |
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PART II. Text Work
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