Контрольная работа по теме: "The Present Simple Passive"

Present Simple Passive.

Exercise 1. Translate the sentences into Russian:

1. The trench is dug by diggers. 2. The tubes are carefully lowered by cranes. 3. The tubes are covered with earth by bulldozers. 4. The walls are made in the ground with concrete. 5. The roof is made and covered with earth. 6. The tunnel is dug by machines. 7. It is called a Tunnel Boring Machine. 8. The rock pieces are carried away by a moving belt. 9. A long beam bridge is supported by piers at each end. 10. Some bridges are made of more than one arch. 11. The bridge is supported by strong cables. 12. The cables are supported by tall towers. 13. Suspension bridges are designed by engineers to cross wide rivers and sea channels.

Exercise 2. Use the verbs in Present Simple Passive:

1.The room ………………………. every day.(clean) 2.Different food ……………………. in this shop.(sell) 3.A lot of buildings ……………………. in our town.(build) 4.New machines ……………………. to make our life easier.(invent) 5.The table ……………………. with a cloth.(not / cover) 6.A lot of money ……………………. by tourists.(spend) 7.This book ……………………. by a famous scientist.(write) 8.I ……………………. a lot of questions about my new book.(ask)

Exercise 3. Put the verbs in Present Simple Passive.

call    decorate    not/explore     feed     grow     keep     make     tell     not/use 

1. Furniture ………………….. mainly from wood. 2. New planets ………………….. by people. 3. A lot of fruit and vegetables ………………….. in England. 4. The animals at the zoo ………………….. two times a day. 5. She ………………… interesting stories when she goes to bed. 6. Dictionaries ………………….. on this shelf. 7. This machine ………………….. very often. 8. The clothes ………………….. with patterns. 9. This boy ………………….. John.

Exercise 4. Change into Passive. Don’t use by:

a) 1.A lot of people visit this museum every day. 2. They don’t grow tomatoes on this farm. 3. Everybody knows him as a comedian actor. 4.They make ice cream from milk. 5. They dig trenches along roads. 6. They give me a lot of homework every day.

b) 1.Somebody cleans the office every evening. 2. They make glass from sand. 3. We design new buildings in our office. 3. People buy lots of things before the New Year day. 4. We don’t keep money in a moneybox in our family. 5. Scientist invents new medicines to help people. 6. We eat meat with a fork and knife.

Exercise 5. Change into Passive. Use by:

a) 1.Tom waters the plants in our classroom. 2. Jane cleans the blackboard. 3. Tourists listen to the guide with great interest. 4. Dad helps me with my homework. 5. A small crane lifts and lowers the logs. 6.Robots explore the new planet.

b) 1.These workers do the most difficult job. 2. Our cook bakes wonderful cakes. 3. My sister visits our Grandma every week. 4. Two teams play football. 5.Individual sportsmen play tennis. 6.Strong piers support the bridge.