Passive Voice

Tense group in Passive Voice
Tenses	Present	Past	Future	Future in-the-Past
to be + Participle II
Simple (Indefinite)	Letters are written every day	The letter was written yesterday	The letter will be written tomorrow	(He said that) the letter would be written the next day
Continuous (Progressive)	The letter is being written now	The letter was being written at 5 o'clock yesterday
Perfect	The letter has been written already	The letter had been written by 5 o'clock yesterday	The letter will have been written by 5 0 clock tomorrow	(He said that) the letter would have been written by 5 o'clock the next day

Ex. 8.1 Make the following interrogative and negative.

1. All pupils are supplied with textbooks. 2. America was discovered by Columbus. 3. The floor was painted last summer. 4. The shop will be closed at 8 o'clock. 5. The sick man is being operated on. 6. The room is being cleaned now. 7. This metro line was being built at that time. 8. This novel has been translated into Russian. 9. A new business center has been built in our town. 10. The tickets had been sold out by that time.

Ex. 8.2 Put questions to the italicized words.

1. The letter will be answered tomorrow. 2. They were shown many places of interest. 3. Wheat is grown in each of these regions. 4. This town was founded in the 15-th century. 5. A water-power station іs being built on the mountain river. 6. She was told the news when she came. 7. The film is much spoken about. 8. He was asked for his passport. 9. The address was poorly written in ink. 10. The room door was locked on the inside.

Ex. 8.3 Put the verbs in brackets into Present, Past or Future Simple Passive.

l. My question (to answer) yesterday. 2. Hockey (to play) in winter. 3. Mushrooms (to gather) in autumn. 4. Many houses (to burn) during the Great Fire of London. 5. His new book (to finish) next year. 6. Flowers (to sell) in shops and in the streets. 7. St. Petersburg (to found) in 1703. 8. Bread (to eat) every day. 9. The letter (to receive) yesterday. 10. Nick (to send) to Moscow next week. 11. I (to ask) at the lesson yesterday. 12. I (to give) a very interesting book at the library last Friday. 13. Many houses (to build) іn our town every year. 14. This work (to do) tomorrow. 15. This text (to translate) at the last lesson. 16. These trees (to plant) last autumn. 17. Many interesting games always (to play) at our PT lessons. 18. This bone (to give) to my dog tomorrow. 19. We (to invite) to a concert last Saturday. 20. Lost time never (to find) again. 21. Rome (not to build) in a day.

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