VI. Put the sentences from exercise I into Present Perfect. Use the words from the box. Translate the sentences.

V. Put the sentences from the previous exercise into Past Simple. Use the words from the box. Translate the sentences.

IV. Turn sentences from Active into Passive Voice and translate them.

II. Say where products are from.

I. Translate the short dialogues into Russian. Define the tense of the sentences in Passive Voice.

PASSIVE VOICE

Контрольная работа № 3

  Simple Continuous Perfect
Present I am informed (usually) I am being informed (now) I have been informed (already)
Past I was informed (yesterday) I was being informed (when he came in) I had been informed (before he came)
Future I will be informed (tomorrow) употр. Future Simple I will have been informed (by 3 o’clock)

 

1.

— When was the camera invented?

— The camera was invented in France in 1839.

 

2.

— When was this monument built?

— Last century.

3.

— Is this seat taken?

— No, it isn't.

4.

— When will the card be sent?

— Maybe tomorrow.

5.

— What’s being shown today?

— I’m sorry. I don't know.

6.

— Has my lunch already been cooked?

— No, it's still being cooked.

 

Where is cotton grown?

Cotton is grown in Egypt.

1. Cotton/grow/Egypt

2. Coffee/produce/Kenya

3. Computers/manufacture/Japan

4. Leather goods/make/Italy

5. Iron/mine/Venezuela

6. Rubber/produce/India

7. Wheat/grow/Russia

8. Paper/manufacture/Canada

9. Parfume/make/France

III. Formulate questions in Passive Voice. What tense will you choose?

1.

— Paper/to be invented/ in China, Greece or India?

— In China, in 105.

2.

— Which/to be invented/first: the violin or the piano?

— The violin; it dates to the early 16th century. The first piano was made around 1700, in Italy.

 

3.

— When/ the first black and white television/to be invented: 1903, 1913, or 1926?

— In 1926.

4.

— The first car/to be built/ in Germany, the United States or France?

— In Germany, by Karl Bens in 1883.

5.

— The first photograph/to be taken/ in 1877, 1827, or 1977?

In 1877.

 

Model: MPs consider the new bill. – The bill is considered by MPs.

 

1. The Committee discusses the Government’s proposal.

2. The Crown dismisses Parliament before a general election.

3. The Crown informs Parliament of the government's policy ideas and plans for new legislation.

4. The Household Cavalry escorts the Queen's procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster.

5. State Opening of Parliament attracts large crowds.

6. The Queen delivers the Throne Speech from the Throne in the House of Lords, in the presence of Members of both Houses.

7. The Committees check the work of the Government and implementation of new laws.

 

 

The bill is considered by MPs. - The bill was considered by MPs last month.

 

last Tuesday two years ago in 2007 yesterday last week last year on the 6th of November

 

 

Model: The bill is considered by MPs. – The bill has been considered by MPs lately.

 

recently today this morning this week already this afternoon never