III. Change the sentences into the Passive voice.

III. Change the sentences into the Passive voice.

1. Our mother tells us stories every evening.

2. In summer the boys often ride a bike.

3. They don’t grow such fruit trees in cold countries.

4. A lot of tourists visit this castle.

5. He reads this newspaper every day.

6. They don’t wash the streets every day.

7. They send millions of Christmas greetings by e -mail.

8. They (to clean) the room very carefully two or three times a week.

9. They build a lot of houses in Moscow every year.

IV. Choose the better option.

1. The news programme ( is watched / watched ) by millions of people every day.

2. The Mona Liza ( painted / was painted ) by Leonardo da Vinchi.

3. The new cinema ( be built / will be built ) next year.

4. New pop groups ( are much spoken / is much spoken ) about among teenagers.

5. Alexander Pushkin’s first poem ( was written / written ) when he was fourteen.

6. The letters (be sent / will be sent ) by post tomorrow.

7. The translation (was finished / were finished ) two hours ago.

8. London ( visited / is visited ) by hundreds of tourists every year.

9. The dinner ( be / will be ) ready in an hour (через час).

V. Fill in the verb in the Past Active or Passive Voice.

1. The Cape of Good Hope ... (discovered / was discovered) by Bartolomeo Dias.

2. The clown ... (entertained / was entertained) the public.

3. We ... (arrived/ were arrived) at the camp in time.

4. Many experiments ... (did/ were done) under water.

5. Many people ... (invited / were invited) to the festival.

6. They ... (discussed / were discussed) many exciting things.

7. I ... (learnt / was learnt) many interesting things in this unit.

8. What artist ... (painted / was painted) this picture?

VI. Read the text. Put the verbs in brackets in Past Simple Passive. Guess the famous object.

This old building is in one of the countries of Europe. It’s not a natural object. It 1_______ (to make) by man a long time ago. Now it 2____________ (to see) as a tourist attraction. It’s a famous old building. It 3__________ (not to build) by the Romans. Galileo, the famous scientist, dropped heavy objects from this building to make his experiments. The upper floor 4 ___________ (to complete) in 1319. It 5_________ (to build) by Tommaso Pisano. The largest bell of the building 6 ____________ (to install) in 1655. The bell-chamber 7___________ (to add) in 1372.

VII. Put the verbs in the Past Simple Passive.

1. This work (to do) yesterday.

2. John (to ask) at the lesson yesterday.

3. Many houses (to build) in our town last year.

4. I (to give) a very interesting book at the library last Friday.

5. This text (to translate) at the last lesson.

6. I (to invite) to a concert last Saturday.

7. These trees (to plant) last autumn.

8. Nick (to send) to Moscow last week.

VIII. Change the sentences into the Passive voice.

1. People grew this coffee in Brazil.

2. Someone made this piano in the 18^th century.

3. Somebody sent a Christmas postcard to me.

4. Somebody bought a lot of vegetables and put them in the fridge.

5. Somebody wrote the book in 1974.

6. They built a new hospital in our city last month.

7. People translated this book into many languages.

8. They taught reading in the first year.

IX. Translate into English.

1. Письмо написали вчера.

2. Ключи потеряли в библиотеке (library).

3. Окна не помыли на прошлой неделе.

4. Домашняя работа не была сделана вчера.

5. Его день рождения праздновали на прошлой неделе.

6. Ёлку нарядили 20 декабря.

XIV. Write questions to the sentences .

1. This house will be sold soon. (When?)

2. A lot of money will be spent on rebuilding the house. (How much money?).

3. All the winners will be given prizes. (What prizes?)

4. The parents will be sent invitations to the party. (Why?)

5. The tickets will be bought for all of us. (When?)

6. The pupils will be met at the station. (By whom?)

7. They will be shown a lot of places of interest. (What places?)

8. Then they will be taken for lunch? (Where?)

XIX. with or by

1. The fish was caught by the seagull.

2. Shafts are turned with cutters.

3. Several houses were destroyed by the hurricane last week.

4. A good job was offered to Anton by a large construction company.

5. The room was tidied up my brother.

6. A lot of goods have been stolen customers.

7. The tree will be cut down a saw.

8. This dictionary is often used our students.

9. He was hit in the eye a snowball.

10. The mixture must be stirred a fork.