Упражнения по английскому языку

carried (carry) all round the world, and the weather everywhere was affected (affect) for many years afterwards.

Exercise 4. Famous people quiz.  Choose the correct answer. Use past passive and by.

Leonardo da Vinci

The Ancient Greeks               

Alexander Graham Bell

Lewis Carroll                        

Walt Disney                           

Marconi

The Ancient Egyptians          

John Lennon                         

Christopher Columbus

Shakespeare

Example: Was “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” written by Shakespeare?

No, it wasn’t. It was written by Lewis Carroll.

1. Was the “Mona Lisa” painted by Picasso?

No, it wasn’t. It was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.

2. Was the radio invented by Alfred Nobel?

No, it wasn’t. It was invited by Marconi.

3. Were the Pyramids built by Chinese?

No, it wasn’t. They were built by the Ancient Egyptians.

4. Was America discovered by Marco Polo?

No, it wasn’t. It was discovered by Christopher Columbus.

5 Was the telephone invented by Siemens?

No, it wasn’t. It was invited by Alexander Graham Bell.

6. Was the song “Imagine” written by Elvis Presley?

No, it wasn’t. It was written by John Lennon.

7. Was Mickey Mouse created by Goscinny and Uderzo?

No, it wasn’t. It was created by Walt Disney.

8. Was “Romeo and Juliet” written by Agatha Christie?

No, it wasn’t. It was written by Shakespeare.

9. Was the Parthenon built by the Ancient Romans?

No, it wasn’t. It was built by Ancient Greek.

Exercise 5. Fill in the blanks with the prepositions by or with.

1.  The boat was carried by the waves into the open sea.

2.  The teacher was pleased with our work.

3.  America was discovered by Columbus.

4.  “Hamlet” was written by Shakespeare.

5.  Soup is eaten with a spoon.

6.  He was knocked down with a big stick.

7.  He was knocked down by a car.

8.  He was taken to hospital by an ambulance.

9.  He was treated with very effective drugs.

10.He was cured by a very skillful doctor.

11.The letter was written with a pencil.

12.He was scolded by his mother.

Exercise 6. Put the verbs in correct form, present simple or past simple, active or passive.

1.  Water cover most of the earth’s surface.

2.  How much of the earth’s surface is covered by water?

3.  The park gates is locked at 6.30 p.m. every evening.

4.  The letter was posted a week ago and it arrived yesterday.

5.  The boat hit a rock and sink quickly. Fortunately everybody is rescued.

6.  Richard’s parents died when he was very young. He and his sister

was brought up by their grandparents.

7.  While I was on holiday, my camera was stolen from my hotel room.

8.  8. While I was on holiday, my camera disappeared from my hotel room.

9.  I saw an accident last night. Somebody called an ambulance but nobody was injured, so the ambulance was not need.

10.Somebody cleaned this room yesterday?

Exercise 7. Complete each statement or question in the Present Continuous Tense, Passive Voice. The main verb is in parentheses.

1. The baby is being fed by his mother. (feed)

2. My videos are being watched by a lot of people on YouTube. (watch)

3. Are you being helped? (help)

4. I am being followed by a strange person in the car behind me. (follow)

5. The room is being cleaned by the housekeeping staff. (clean)

6. Is she being trained at work? (train)

7. This TV show is being seen around the world. (seen)

8. Those old computers is being used very much these days. (use --negative)

9. My tomatoes are being eaten by chipmunks. (eat)

10. Is Jeff being sent to Iraq? (send)

Exercise 8. Use present or future simple active or passive to complete the following sentences.

1.  Don’t worry! You arrive to the airport in time.

2.  Your breakfast will be taken up to your room tomorrow morning.

3.  The TV-set doesn’t work now but it will be mend soon.

4.  This programme is going to be interesting. Millions of people will be watched it on Friday.

5.  I am sure somebody will met you at the station.

6.  The luggage is inspected by the customs officers.

7.  The thief will be put in prison after the trial.

8.  United definitely will win tonight.

9.  The workmen have a holiday today. The work will be finished tomorrow.

10.The match plays on Wednesday evening.

11.A number of political prisoners will be released within the next few months.

12.When I see her I tell her the whole story.

13.The prices rises again this month.

Exercise 9. Put the verbs in brackets into present or past continuous active or passive.

1. There are no doors. They is being painted.

2. The house is being redecorated when I arrived.

3. The workers were make our street one-way.

4. This type of computers now is being manufactured in many European countries.

5. He was driving at over 100 kilometres when the accident happened.

6. When I left the laboratory, the lab assistant still was testing the device.

7. We couldn’t ride that way because  the road was being widen.

8. The countries compete with each other to build the tallest building.

9. Ann can’t use her office at the moment. It is being redecorated.

10. The photocopier broke down yesterday, but now it’s OK. It worksagain.

Exercise 10. Choose present perfect or past simple active or passive.

1.  When it became clear that he would be moving to Austria, he sold the house to his brother.

2.  All the copies of the book has been already sold out.

3. Was the car sold for $2000 some days ago?

4.  The tickets cost too much and sold badly.

5.  Do you know if your neighbours has sold their car?

6.  According to yesterday’s newspapers, astronomers in Australia discovered a planet in galaxy close to ours.

7.  A new planet were discovered but I don’t remember its name.

8.  Radium was discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie.

9.  His father received so many complains about the noise that he told Chris to sell his drums.

11.  Over 50 letters of support has received in the last 10 days.

12.  His project received a lot of attention lately.

Exercise 11. Turn from active into passive.

1. Someone is helping her with the housework.

She is being helped with the housework.

2. A pickpocket robbed me.

I was robbed by pickpocket.

3.You must give up your cigarettes.

Your cigarettes must be given up.

4. The mail-order company sent Mrs. Green a parcel.

A parcel was sent to Mrs. Green by mail-order company.

5. Someone will pay you within the next few days.

You will be payed by someone within the next few days.

6. You can improve your health with more exercise.

Health can be improved with more exercise.

7. A dog is chasing the child.

The child is chased by dog.

8. My friend sent me an invitation.

An invitation was sent to me by my friend.

9. The secretary has given Mrs Jones some letters.

Some letter had been given to Mrs Jones.

10. The traffic warden had already given him a ticket for illegal parking.

A ticket had been given for illegal parking.

11. People must obey the law.

The low must be obeyed by people.

12. The farmer is building a new barn.

A new barn is being built by the farmer.

13. They returned my keys to me: someone had picked them up in the street.

My keys were returned to me. They were picked up by somebody on the street.

14. You should keep the flowers in a warm sunny place.

The flowers should be kept in a warm sunny place.

15. The watchman called the police. The police arrested the man.

The police was called by watchman. The man was arrested by the police.

16. We can’t repair your clock.

Your clock cant be repaired.

17. Someone is interviewing Dr Johnson at the moment.

Dr Johnson is being interviewed by someone at the moment.

18. You mustn’t touch this button.

This button must not be touched.

19. The court tried the man, found him guilty and sent him to prison.

The man was tried/found him guilty/sent to the prison by him.

20. We serve hot meals till 10.30.

Hot  meals was served by us till 10.30

Exercise 12.  Put the verb into the correct form. Use the Passive Voice where necessary.

A driver was sent to jail for 90 days for driving with excess alcohol. Graham Smith, 29, of North Street, Barton, was stopped by a police officials