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Ex.17. Make up sentences using the verbs in the Passive Voice.
Model: the meeting/ for some time/ to put off. → The meeting was put off for some time.
1) to increase/ the number of passengers/ usually/ in summertime.
2) tomorrow/ a film about the history of the railway transport/ the students/ to show.
3) to put off/ the experiments/ after the accident/ for an indefinite time.
4) to buy/ in this travel agency/ last week/ the train tickets.
5) to equip/ with up-to-date computers and other electronic devices/ our office.
6) next week/ an interesting exhibition/ to open/ in the Hermitage.
7) by them/ in the working plan/ no changes/ to make.
8) soon after his departure/ to receive/ his letter.
9) up-to-date/ to sell/ in this shop/ computers.
10) to the chief engineer/ yesterday/ two new engineers/ to introduce.
11) to reconstruct/ next month/ the old bridge.
12) by the ticket inspector/ I/ to wake up.
Ex.18. Put the verbs in brackets into the required tense form and translate the sentences.
1) It [to take – Present Indefinite Active] passengers 7 hours to get from St.Petersburg to
Moscow if they [to go – Present Indefinite Active] by overnight “Red Arrow” passenger train. 2)
Hundreds of jobs [to create – Future Indefinite Passive] after the building of this plant. 3) Special
equipment [to use – Present Indefinite Passive] for the construction of railways. 4) The first steam
locomotive in Russia [to test – Past Indefinite Passive] in Nizhniy Tagil. 5) This [to be – Present
Indefinite Active] an excellent computer which [to serve – Future Indefinite Active] you many
years. 6) The first Stephenson’s locomotive [to call – Past Indefinite Passive] “The Rocket”. 7) In
the past, messages from Europe to America [to send – Past Indefinite Passive] by ships. 8) Four
million passengers a year [to travel – Present Indefinite Active] the Helsinki-Tallinn route. 9) All
passenger coaches [to equip – Present Indefinite Passive] with electric heating system. 10) Before
1947 the British Railways [to own – Past Indefinite Passive] by four private companies. 11) In
London we [to transfer – Future Indefinite Active] from the train to a bus. 12) Passengers [to ask –
Past Indefinite Passive] to show their tickets.
Ex.19. Choose the correct voice form of the predicates and translate the sentences.
1) A large number of cars [parked; were parked] near the railway station. 2) The speed of
Metro trains [reaches; is reached] 90 km/h. 3) This railway company [will transport; will be
transported] freight only. 4) Wood [replaced; was replaced] by steel as a material for constructing
passenger cars. 5) I [work; am worked] for a construction company which has a lot of contracts in
other countries. 6) The windows of his car [make; are made] of unbreakable glass. 7) We [left;
were left] our car in the parking lot near the terminal. 8) Sleepers [hold; are held] the two rails at
the right distance. 9) You [will meet; will be met] by an agent from the travel bureau at the airport.
10) Special railroads such as funiculars [use; are used] on steep grades in the Alps. 11) The driver
[told; was told] his passengers to fasten their safety belts.
Ex.20. Change the following sentences:
a) from Active into Passive.
1) The high-speed railway line connects Paris and London. 2) Electric motors will drive the cars in
the future. 3) The engineers estimated the cost of the new terminal construction. 4) I bought train
tickets two days ago. 5) Radio facilitates communication with the remotest parts of the country. 6) We
shall discuss their project next week. 7) The state spends large sums of money to train highly-qualified
engineers. 8) The Cherepanovs constructed the first steam locomotive in Russia. 9) Ventilation
provides a constant supply of fresh air in hot weather. 10) The workers laid down the railway line

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