Task 1
We normally make passive forms of a verb by using tenses of the auxiliary be followed by the past participle ( -pp) of the verb. Here is a list of all the passive forms of an ordinary English verb.
Simple future — will be + pp – eg. You will be told soon enough.
Simple present – am/is/are + pp – eg. English is spoken here
Present progressive – am/is/are being +pp – eg. The house is being painted
Present perfect – have/has been +pp – eg. Has Mary been told?
Simple past – was/were + pp – eg. I was invited, but I went.
Past progressive – was/were being +pp – eg. I felt as if I was being watched
Past perfect – had been + pp – eg. I knew why I had been chosen
Model verbs – can/must/may/have to.. +be + pp – eg . The work must be done
1.
Choose the correctly formulated Passive constructions.
This easy work can be done without anybody‟s help.
We found the room exactly as it had been left the night before.
Tobacco introduced to France by Jean Nicot.
This modular computer has used by our researchers.
Gayane was first staged on December 3, 1942 in Perm during World War II.
2.
The first chewing-gum was made by Thomas Adams.
Have these benches painted recently?
The students being examined by the professor at that time.
The vase made of crystal was broken to pieces.
Lincoln was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth, an actor.
3.
Marie Tussaud created her first wax figure (of Voltaire) in 1777.
Before him lay a splendid garden, full of blossom and scent.
I have been misunderstood – no intention to hurt you.
Is that big hat made of straw?
Many of Van Gogh‟s best works were created in 1889, in an asylum.
4.
He will have published several poems by the end of the year.
What holidays are celebrated in your country in autumn and winter?
G. Washington is known to all Americans as “The Father of the Nation”.
The dynamite had invented by Alfred Nobel.
Charlie Chaplin is considered one of the most famous stars of the early days of
Hollywood.
5.
Will the scientific seminar be held in two days?
The scientists have been making these experiments for the last few years.
Nobel preferred that people didn‟t remember him as the inventor of dynamite.
The patent matter was still being discussed.
The Smiths weren‟t invited to that meeting.
We normally make passive forms of a verb by using tenses of the auxiliary be followed by the past participle ( -pp) of the verb. Here is a list of all the passive forms of an ordinary English verb.
Simple future — will be + pp – eg. You will be told soon enough.
Simple present – am/is/are + pp – eg. English is spoken here
Present progressive – am/is/are being +pp – eg. The house is being painted
Present perfect – have/has been +pp – eg. Has Mary been told?
Simple past – was/were + pp – eg. I was invited, but I went.
Past progressive – was/were being +pp – eg. I felt as if I was being watched
Past perfect – had been + pp – eg. I knew why I had been chosen
Model verbs – can/must/may/have to.. +be + pp – eg . The work must be done
1.
Choose the correctly formulated Passive constructions.
This easy work can be done without anybody‟s help.
We found the room exactly as it had been left the night before.
Tobacco introduced to France by Jean Nicot.
This modular computer has used by our researchers.
Gayane was first staged on December 3, 1942 in Perm during World War II.
2.
The first chewing-gum was made by Thomas Adams.
Have these benches painted recently?
The students being examined by the professor at that time.
The vase made of crystal was broken to pieces.
Lincoln was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth, an actor.
3.
Marie Tussaud created her first wax figure (of Voltaire) in 1777.
Before him lay a splendid garden, full of blossom and scent.
I have been misunderstood – no intention to hurt you.
Is that big hat made of straw?
Many of Van Gogh‟s best works were created in 1889, in an asylum.
4.
He will have published several poems by the end of the year.
What holidays are celebrated in your country in autumn and winter?
G. Washington is known to all Americans as “The Father of the Nation”.
The dynamite had invented by Alfred Nobel.
Charlie Chaplin is considered one of the most famous stars of the early days of
Hollywood.
5.
Will the scientific seminar be held in two days?
The scientists have been making these experiments for the last few years.
Nobel preferred that people didn‟t remember him as the inventor of dynamite.
The patent matter was still being discussed.
The Smiths weren‟t invited to that meeting.
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