module 4
put questions to the words in bold.
1. the house was built in the 19th century
2. the child will be named after his grandfather.
3. the article is being translated very fast.
4. the furniture in the bedroom is made of oak
5. the doctor wasn't sent for an hour ago.
2 open the brackets using the correct form of the passive voice.
1. the cake
(eat) very fast last birthday.
2. next year a new professor
_ (invite) to our university.
3. the competition
(just, cancel) because of bad weather,
4. the computer
(repair) now
5. last weekend we
-(offer) a good interpreter.
3
change the following sentences into passive.
1. the authors give the rule on the first page.
2. my parents have bought a new lock.
3. alexander bell invented the telephone.
4. my mother had cooked a tasty lunch before i came home.
5. the hurricane destroyed the town last year.
6. they will translate this article tomorrow.
7. the branches of the tree hid her face.
8. they are constructing some new metro lines.
9. we don't speak russian in english classes.
10. nobody has given them any money yet.
1. "Put questions to the words in bold":
- The house was built in the 19th century.
Question: When was the house built?
- The child will be named after his grandfather.
Question: Who will the child be named after?
- The article is being translated very fast.
Question: How fast is the article being translated?
- The furniture in the bedroom is made of oak.
Question: What is the furniture in the bedroom made of?
- The doctor wasn't sent for an hour ago.
Question: When was the doctor sent?
2. "Open the brackets using the correct form of the passive voice":
- The cake (eat) very fast last birthday.
Answer: The cake was eaten very fast last birthday.
- Next year a new professor (invite) to our university.
Answer: Next year, a new professor will be invited to our university.
- The competition (just, cancel) because of bad weather.
Answer: The competition was just canceled because of bad weather.
- The computer (repair) now.
Answer: The computer is being repaired now.
- Last weekend we (offer) a good interpreter.
Answer: Last weekend, we were offered a good interpreter.
3. "Change the following sentences into passive":
- The authors give the rule on the first page.
Passive: The rule is given by the authors on the first page.
- My parents have bought a new lock.
Passive: A new lock has been bought by my parents.
- Alexander Bell invented the telephone.
Passive: The telephone was invented by Alexander Bell.
- My mother had cooked a tasty lunch before I came home.
Passive: A tasty lunch had been cooked by my mother before I came home.
- The hurricane destroyed the town last year.
Passive: The town was destroyed by the hurricane last year.
- They will translate this article tomorrow.
Passive: This article will be translated tomorrow.
- The branches of the tree hid her face.
Passive: Her face was hidden by the branches of the tree.
- They are constructing some new metro lines.
Passive: Some new metro lines are being constructed by them.
- We don't speak Russian in English classes.
Passive: Russian is not spoken in English classes by us.
- Nobody has given them any money yet.
Passive: They haven't been given any money yet.
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