Упражнения по английскому языку по теме "Страдательный залог"

Passive Voice – страдательный залог

1. Вс тавьте один из следующих глаголов в нужной форме в пропущенные места:

Cause, damage, hold, include, invite, make, overtake, show, translate, write

1      Many accidents   are caused   by dangerous driving.

2      Cheese _____________________ from milk.

3      The roof of the building ___________________ in a storm a few days ago.

4      There’s no need to leave a tip. Service _________________ in the bill.

5      You _________________ to the wedding. Why didn't you go?

6      A cinema is a place where films _____________________ .

7      In the United States, elections for President ___________________ every four years.

8      Originally the book _________________ in Spanish and a few years ago it into English.

9   We were driving along quite fast but we _____________________ by lots of other cars.

2. Прочтите текст об изготовлении бокалов. Раскройте скобки, поставив глаголы в форме Present Simple Passive.

Champagne, the king of wines and wine of kings, tastes all the better when it 1. is drunk (drink) from an elegant, fine-quality glass. That, however, is only one of thousands of ways glass 2________________­­__ (use) today. And for all those different uses, many different types of glass 3__________________­­ (produce).

Glass products 4__________________­­ (manufacture) in different ways. Today, glass 5__________________­­ (blow) by hand in the traditional way which the Romans first developed, but now this work 6__________________­­ (do) by robots, too. Generally, in industry, much faster methods of mass production 7_________________­­ (need). Often, for example, glass 8__________________­­ (press) into the necessary shape by machine. Glass 9__________________­­ (shape) in other ways too. For example, it 10_________________­­ (make) into long, very thin fibres. Fibres like these 11__________________­­ (require) to make the fibre-optic cables that help to build the Information Super-Highway round the world.

3. Напишите вопросы в страдательном залоге. Некоторые из них в настоящем времени, некоторые – в прошлом.

1       Ask about the telephone. (when/invent?)    When was the telephone invented?

2       Ask about glass. (how/make?)  How _____________________?

3       Ask about Australia. (when/discover?)  ________________________?

4       Ask about silver. (what/use for?)  _________________________?

5       Ask about television. (when/invent?)  __________________________?

4. Раскройте скобки, поставив глаголы в нужном времени (present или past) и залоге.

1      It’s a big factory. Five hundred people are employed (employ) there.

2       Water __________ (cover) most of the Earth’s surface.

3       Most of the Earth’s surface ­____________ (cover) by water.

4       The park gates __________ (lock) at 6.30 p.m. every evening.

5       The letter __________ (post) a week ago and it __________ (arrive) yesterday.

6       The boat __________ (sink) quickly but fortunately everybody __________ (rescue).

7  Ron’s parents __________ (die) when he was very young. He and his sister __________ (bring) up by their grandparents.

8      I was born in London but I __________ (grow) up in the north of England.

9      While I was on holiday, my camera __________ (steal) from my hotel room.

10       While I was on holiday, my camera __________ (disappear) from my hotel room.

11       Why __________ (Sue/resign) from her job? Didn’t she enjoy it?

12      Why __________ (Bill/sack) from his job? What did he do wrong?

13       The company is not independent. It __________ (own) by a much larger company.

14      I saw an accident last night. Somebody __________ (call) an ambulance but nobody __________ (injure) so the ambulance __________ (not/need).

15   Where __________ (these photographs/take)? In London? __________ (you/take) them?

5. Вставьте один из следующих глаголов в пропущенные места (в нужной форме):
carry, cause, do, make, repair, send, spend, wake up

1      The situation is serious. Something must be done before it's too late.

2      I haven’t received the letter. It might have been sent to the wrong address.

3      A decision will not __________________ until the next meeting.

4      I told the hotel receptionist that I wanted to __________________ at 6.30 the next morning.

5      Do you think that less money should __________________ on ornaments?

6      This road is in very bad condition. It should __________________ a long time ago.

7      The injured man couldn't walk and had to __________________.

8      It’s not certain how the fire started but it might __________________ by an electrical fault.

6. Сделайте из предложений в действительном залоге предложения в Present Perfect Passive.

1.  They first made cognac in 1643.   Cognac has been made           since 1643.

2.  People drank wine over 5,000 years ago. _____________________________for over 5,000 years.

3. They first brewed beer near Munich almost 1,000 years ago. _____________________________ for almost 1,000 years.

4. People first bought beer in cans in 1935. _____________________________ since 1935.

5. They first produced whisky more than 700 years ago. _____________________________ for over 700 years.

6. People first sold Coca-Cola in 1886. _____________________________ since 1886.