Lesson II

1. Open the brackets using Present ContinuousPassive.

1. The film (much / to talk) about. 2. The road (still / to repair). 3. An office block (to build) near our school. 4. Some building work (todo) in Park Avenue. 5. A new disk drive (to test) in the lab. 6. This question (still / to discuss). 7. This material (still / to use), isn't it? 8. Do you know that your voice (to record)? 9. _____ the floor in the sitting-room still (to polish)? 10. The talks (still / to hold).

2. Respond to the following.

e.g. ‑ Don't enter the room.

‑ Why? (paint the floor)

‑ The floor is being painted there.

1. Don't enter the work-shop. (carry out an experiment) 2. Don't enter the assembly-hall. (hold a scientific conference) 3. Don't ride this way. (widen the road) 4. Don't enter the kitchen. (install a gas-stove) 5. Don't switch on the light. (fix a lamp) 6. You can't take the tape recorder. (repair) 7. Don't go to the library today. (remove the furniture)

e.g. ‑ What's going on in that room? (pack the things)

‑ The things are being packed there.

1. What's going on in the sitting-room? (lay the table) 2. What's going on in the park? (cut the grass) 3. What's going on in the laboratory? (test a new device) 4. What's going on in the, garage? (repair the car) 5. What's going on in the lecture hall? (discuss the production plan) 6. What's going on in the office?

e.g. ‑ Have they settled the problem yet?

‑ No, it's still being settled.

1. Have they built the school yet? 2. Have they written the article yet? 3. Have they started the test yet? 4. Has he translated the text yet? 5. Have they repaired the device? 6. Have they packed the suitcases? 7. Have they cooked supper?

e.g. ‑ They are widening our road.

‑ Oh, our road is being widened too.

1. They are repainting our bridge. 2. They are repairing our road. 3. They are widening our pavements. 4. They are changing our house numbers. 5. They are rebuilding our town hall. 6. They are re-opening our theatre. 7. They are closing down our local hospital. 8. They are moving our library. 9. They are replacing our street lights. 10. They are making our street one-way. 11. They are restoring our old church.

3. Open the brackets using Present ContinuousPassive.

1. Huge blocks of flats (to build) all last year. 2. When we came the pool (to fill) with water. 3. I (to tell) that my article (still / to type). 4. The car (to repair) the whole day yesterday. 5. When I left the meeting the problem (still / to discuss). 6. When I entered the hall the young specialists (to instruct) what to do. 7. At 6 o'clock the floor (still / to polish).

4. Transform the sentences using the Passive Voice.

e.g. ‑ When I entered the hall they were holding a meeting there.

‑ When I entered the hall a meeting was being held there.

1. When I joined the visitors the foreman was showing them round the machine shop. 2. When I entered the room they were still discussing the article. 3. At 5 o'clock the professor was still examining the students. 4. When we arrived in Kiev they were still building the underground. 5. When I left the laboratory they were still testing the device.

5. Make complex sentences:

e.g. enter the kitchen, cook my favourite dish

When I entered the kitchen my favourite dish was being cooked.

1. arrive in Minsk, build the Underground 2. switch on TV, show an interesting film 3. arrive at the airport, see off the delegation 4. enter the Personnel Department, interview a new economist 5. leave the meeting, discuss the resolution

6. Respond to the following phrases using the Present and Past Continuous Passive.

e.g. What's going on in the yard?

Trees and bushes are being planted there.

The flowers are being watered there, etc.

1. Where is the noise coming from? 2. We couldn't use the telephone. 3. Don't enter the lab. 4. The boy looked proud. 5. The children were very excited. 6. What is going on in the lecture hall? 7. Can I study here? 8. Why did she look so worried?

7. Study the key words.

arithmetic and logic unit	motherboard
circuit board	register
control unit	microprocessor

8. Read the text and translate it.

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