Revision exercises

Exercise 110. Rewrite the sentences in the passive.

1. They gave us very expensive gifts. 2. Many people watch the news. 3. You need a lot of wool to knit a jumper. 4. The gardener planted some flowers. 5. We spent a lot of money at the supermarket. 6. Most children enjoy cartoons 7. The resort offers excellent accommodation. 8. She washed the clothes and hung them out to dry. 9. They examined the information before writing the article. 10.She told the police about the robbery. 11.We entertain guests in the living room. 12.The optician repaired and cleaned her glasses.

Exercise 111. Rewrite the sentences in the passive. Omit the agent where possible.

1. He should plant some more flowers. 2. When will they repair my car? 3. Why did they pull down that building? 4. Does she train all the new staff? 5. We will have finished the project by next Friday. 6. Who broke this teapot? 7. What did they open the safe with? 8. You must inform the contestants about the rules of the game. 9. Has Danny written a poem for you? l0.The children were feeding the dog. 1l. She locked all the doors before she went on holiday. 12. Is Mark repairing my bicycle? 13. Dad decorated the living room last week.

Exercise 112. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive or active tense.

Coffee... (say) to originate from Kaffa in Ethiopia and most species of coffee plant... (find) in the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere. The species which... (think) to be the earliest coffee plant... (ever/cultivate) by man is Coffee arabica. Today it... (grow) mostly in Latin America.

The coffee shrub... (reach) a height of 8-10 metres; and... (have) white scented flowers. It... (produce) a red fruit which... (call) a cherry. The cherry... (contain) two seeds which... (join) together. These seeds, which... (also/know) as beans,... (first/roast) and then they... (grind) to make coffee. The grounds... (the/process) in a variety of different ways. Sometimes they... (filter) and sometimes they... (soak) in water to make the drink which is popular with so many people. Coffee is available as grounds or as instant coffee powder and... (drink) by one third of the world’s population.

Exercise 113. Translate from Ukrainian into English.

1. Йому запропонували роботу на Далекому Сході. 2. Вам показали нові досягнення? 3. Нам сповістили приємну новину. 4. Мені було надано всі необхідні вказівки. 5. Хворого довелося оперувати. 6. Про цю книгу багато говорили. 7. Після зими наступає весна. 8. Цей експеримент приведе до відкриття. 9. Всі дивуються його успіхам. 10. Від цієї актриси в захваті всі глядачі. 11. Хлопчика ніде не знайшли. 12. Цих злочинців зараз розшукує міліція. 13. В цьому будинку не живуть. 14. Вже нічого не можна змінити - рішення прийнято. 15. Не заходьте. Тут екзаменують останнього студента. 16. Це питання сьогодні обговорюватись не буде. 17. Цю книгу ще не перекладено на українську мову. 18. Як тільки речі були запаковані, послали за таксі. 19. Йому ще нічого про це не говорили. 20. Вам задавали додаткові питання на екзамені? 21. Хворого не будуть оперувати без згоди його родичів.

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