Passive Voice, Present, Past & Future Simple. Variant
Task 1. Present, past or future?
1. St. Petersburg was founded in 1703.
2. The trees were planted last autumn.
3. We will be met at the station in an hour.
4. English is spoken all over the world.
5. Bread and cakes are sold at the baker's.
Task 2. Underline the correct verb form.
1. The letter (wrote/was written) yesterday.
2. The cats (is feed/are fed) every day.
3. He (was given/will be given) a present tomorrow.
4. Our uncle (meet/ was met) at the airport.
5. The essay (will be written / were written) soon.
Task 3. Change the verbs into the correct form.
1. Some flowers (sell) in the street.
2. Books (bring) yesterday.
3. Last Sunday I (invite) to the cinema by Mary.
4. My computer (fix) tomorrow.
5. Dinner (usually/cook) in the evening.
Task 4. Change active into passive.
1. Many people attended this lecture.
2. He will leave the ticket on the table.
3. People speak English in many countries.
4. An actor killed President Abraham Lincoln.
5. They grow bananas in Africa.
He asked Alice to make herself at home and added he would be in a minute. Alice said that she thought he liked reading horror books.John asked her why she thought so.Alice answered that there were a lot of them on his desk.John explained that those were the books of his younger brother and he seldom read that kind of books.He added that he really preferred books on photography and history.Alice said that it was all right and she added that she would bring him some more historical CD books the following day.
turtles are easy to keep ,arent they
make/dogs/companions/ don`t they/ wonderful?
Dogs make wonderful companions ,dont they?
are/of/our/collections/proud/aren`t we/Polly and I?
Polly and I are proud of our collections ,arent we?
river /near/was/city/was there/there/no/the?
There was no city near the river ,was there?
B did/Ben/draw/the picture/why?
Why did Ben draw the picture?
did/the/where/clowns/triks/make/their?
Where did the clowns make their triks ?
did/Bob/how often/to/theatre/go/year/last/the?
How often did Bob go to the theatre last year?
is/good/why/to/time/it/outdoors/spend/time/day/every?
Why is it good to spend time outdoors every day?
things/interesting/what/to/are/collect?
What things are interesting to collect ?