Упражнения для закрепления грамматики:

Exercise 1. Определите время сказуемого и переведите предложения на русский язык (если это возможно – несколькими способами).

1. Newspapers are delivered regularly.

2. Miss Andrews will be observed closely while she is in hiding.

3. On a dish fresh vegetables were arranged. He was impressed.

4. Fried potatoes are often eaten with fish.

5. Progress is being made all the time.

6. She said sharply that his plays had not been performed.

7. The letters were being sorted out.

8. Our papers will have been checked by tomorrow.

Exercise 2. Сделайте предложения отрицательными и задайте все возможные вопросы.

1. Fifty students were admitted to the faculty last August.

2. I have been woken up by the noise in the street.

3. He was given a form to fill in.

4. The tea will not be served till 5 because of the conference.

5. She was greeted very warmly.

6. Two men were arrested after the robbery.

7. My colleague will be sent to London to lecture on Russian history.

8. Wait a little, your papers are being looked through.

9. French is spoken in France and Canada.

10. This television programme is watched mostly by teenagers.

Exercise 3. Преобразуйте предложения из действительного залога в страдательный.

a) 1) They offered me a cup of tea. 2) Students take examinations at the end of each term. 3) Mother baked the birthday cake. 4) Columbus discovered America in 1492. 5) The children asked me to read a story. 6) George Simenon wrote this story. 7) The boss gave us a form to fill in. 8) Father taught me to ride a bicycle. 9) The doctor told him to lie in bed for three days. 10) The waiter will serve you breakfast in 5 minutes. 11) People speak English in many countries. 12) I shall give you a cup of coffee if you want. 13) They close the shop at 5.

b) 1) What are they discussing? 2) The professor is examining our group. 3) The Spartans were celebrating a religious festival when a messenger came from Athens. 4) They are building a new school in our district. 5) What film are they demonstrating in the lecture room? 6) He had a feeling that someone was following him. 7) They were watching and taking pictures of a UFO. 8) They were interrogating the first witness when I came into the room. 9) They are counting the prize money. 10) They are relieving him of his duty because of his age.

c) 1) They have offered me a job at a local bank. 2) Have you warned them about the meeting? 3) Someone has stolen a picture from a museum. 4) I have lost some secret papers. 5) We have kept this meat in the fridge for a week. 6) The police have found a dead body in the park. 7) They had packed the suitcases when the bellboy arrived. 8) They had sold the famous house to an American before I learnt about it. 9) I didn’t attend the meeting because you hadn’t warned me. 10) The room looked dirty because we hadn’t cleaned it for a week. 11) They will clear up the situation when they have known some more facts. 12) They will have repaired my shoes by the evening.

Exercise 4. Поставьте новые обстоятельства времени в предложения, изменяя при этом время сказуемого.

1. Her things were packed an hour ago. (already)

2. They were shown the house yesterday. (in an hour)

3. Tickets to the theatre are booked well in advance. (tomorrow)

4. The letter will be sent by fax. (just)

5. The house will be repaired next year. (by September)

6. This hotel is run by Mrs. White. (for the last two years)

7. Has this book been published yet? (last May0

8. The room is cleaned every morning. (now)

9. I was told the story when I saw them. (already0

10. All important documents are kept in the safe. (all these years)

Exercise 5. Переведите предложения, выбрав необходимую форму глагола страдательного залога.

Статья была переведена вчера. Когда я пришёл, статья переводилась студентами. Статья уже была переведена, когда я пришёл. Статью только что перевели. Статью будут переводить завтра на уроке. Статьи переводятся студентами на каждом уроке. Подождите, статья ещё переводится. 8) Статья будет переведена к следующему уроку.

are translated has been translated was translated was being translated will be translated is translated had been translated will have been translated were being translated were translated have been translated shall have been translated shall be translated is being translated

Exercise 6. Постройте предложения, используя формы страдательного залога.

This book His new play This film Exercise 2 This house My watch The students New discoveries This work This news Our University This theory English Our plans The paper

to publish to stage to finish to write to do to repair to build to study to use to examine to invent to read to discuss to teach to speak to found

next month last month a year ago soon a week ago before the end of the century every year every month tomorrow last century on Monday yesterday many centuries ago

Exercise 7. Преобразуйте следующие предложения из действительного залога в страдательный.

1. He published the book last year.

2. We use these clothes only on special occasions.

3. Somebody switched on the light and opened the door.

4. They will give you an answer in some days.

5. Who wrote this novel?

6. They showed her the easiest way to do it.

7. We have looked for the telegram everywhere.

8. Nobody had visited him.

9. They will have finished the work by 12.

10. We shall not admit children under 16.

11. They don’t look after the children properly.

12. They showed us the postcards of New Year.

13. The teacher told the pupils the story of Washington.

14. My father promised me to bring an interesting book about London.

15. They gave him the chance.

16. The grandmother read the grandson a fairy-tale.

Exercise 8. Преобразуйте следующие предложения из страдательного залога в действительный. Введите носителя действия, где это необходимо.

1. This article is often referred to.

2. Lewis Carroll is remembered not as a mathematician but as the author of Alice in Wonderland.

3. His paintings will be exhibited at the Picture Gallery.

4. The child was taken to the circus.

5. The first spaceship was constructed by the Soviet scientists.

6. A new system of work is being started by the librarians.

7. He doesn’t like to be laughed at.

8. The doctor must be sent for at once.

9. The door must be kept shut.

10. This talk must have been started by our opponents.

11. The problem is being discussed now.

Exercise 9. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в соответствующих видо-временных формах действительного и страдательного залога.

1. The new theatre (to open) last month.

2. Three people (to kill0 in the car accident.

3. A cure for cancer (not to find) yet.

4. The article (to translate) into Russian now, it (to publish) as soon as they (to return) it.

5. Our office (to decorate) for the celebration and looks cheerful.

6. When the plane (to take off), the passengers (to show) how to use life jackets.

7. If you (to offer) a cheap camera, don’t buy it, it (not to work).

8. I (to ask) a lot of questions about my education background when I (to hire).

9. You (to offer) a new job.

10. Ann (to attack) last night when she (to walk) home alone.

11. School (to close) for a few days because of the storm.

12. Andrew (to arrest) a few days ago.

13. British coins (to make) in the Royal Mint.

14. New Year’s Day (to celebrate) on January, 1.

15. Under safety regulations women (not to allow) to work underground.

16. The movie (to show) four times in the cinema.

17. The hikers (to force) to turn back by bad weather.

18. The letter (to write) by a lefthander. I (to understand) it after I (to read) it several times.

19. When I (to enter) the classroom, my friend (to examine).