Variant 1 passive voice

Task 1. Change Active into Passive:

1. I sent a letter yesterday.

V1=send(irreg.)

2. She doesn’t lose the keys often.

V1=lose(irreg.)

3. Has the mechanic already repaired our TV set?

V1=repair(reg.)

Task 2. Change Passive into Active

1. The theatre was being built from 1826 to 1832 by the builders.

V1=build(irreg.)

2. The vegetables aren’t sold by them every day.

V1=sell(irreg.)

3. Will this article be published in the newspaper tomorrow by the press

agency?

V1=publish(reg.)

Task 3. Change the Tense of the Sentence According to a Time Marker:

1. The window was opened last night.

V1=open(reg.)

(since this morning, tomorrow morning, every morning)

2. The car won’t be bought tomorrow.

V1=buy(irreg.)

(at the moment, two days ago, by next season)

3. Was a room being rented last year from March to September?

V1=rent(reg.)

(by September, every season, since September)

Task 4. Use the Correct Helping Verb:

1. Madagascar … discovered by Portuguese in 1500.

is has was will

2. Money … being spent on the building of roads today.

isn’t hasn’t wasn’t won’t

3. … the problem been discussed already?

Is Has Was Will

Task 5. Translate from Russian into English:

1. Телеграмма будет отправлена завтра к двум часам.

V1=send(irreg.)

2. Меня не просили остаться.

V1=ask(reg.)

3. Ей дали квартиру в этом доме?

V1=give(irreg.)

Test 3

Variant 2 passive voice

Task 1. Change Active into Passive:

1. They paid two thousand dollars for this collection of books.

V1=pay(irreg.)

2. She isn’t cooking dinner at the moment.

V1=cook(reg.)

3. Will you have passed your exams by the end of January.

V1=pass(reg.)

Task 2. Change Passive into Active:

1. The shops are closed at 8 usually.

V1=close(reg.)

2. The books weren’t returned to the library yesterday.

V1=return(reg.)

3. Is TV being watched by anybody at the moment?

V1=watch(reg.)

Task 3. Change the Tense of the Sentence According to a Time Marker:

1. My tape-recorder was repaired yesterday.

V1=repair(reg.)

(now, often, yesterday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.)

2. This rule hasn’t been explained by our teacher yet.

V1=explain(reg.)

(next time, today, by next week)

3. Was this jacket made last night?

V1=make(irreg.)

(tomorrow, this week, when I came)

Task 4. Use the Correct Helping Verb:

1. The book … written in 1975.

is has was will

2. The grass … being cut at the moment.

isn’t hasn’t wasn’t won’t

3. … the cow been milked already?

Are Have Were Will

Task 5. Translate from Russian into English:

1. Роман «Герой нашего времени» был написан М. Лермонтовым.

V1=write(irreg.)

2. Снег не чистят на этой неделе.

V1=clean(reg.)

3. Детей будут учить итальянскому языку в следующем году?

V1=teach(irreg.)

Test 3