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ecology [to become] one of the most important problems for mankind now. 8) Englishmen very seldom
[to talk] on the Underground. They [to prefer] to read newspapers. 9) My TV set [to work] better now
because we have installed the external antenna. 10) I can’t talk to you because I [to hurry]. 11) The phone
[to ring]. Can you answer it? 12) The arrow of compass always [to point] to the North. 13) Nowadays the
railways in the USA [to transport] only 0.6 per cent of passengers. 14) … all these passengers [to wait]
for the suburban train arrival? 15) … you often [to receive] letters from your former group-mates?
16) Please, don’t make much noise. The students [to write] a test. 17) … he usually [to buy] one-way or
round trip tickets? 18) What berth … you [to prefer] to travel by? 19) Where is John? – He [to meet] his
friends at the airport. 20) What platform …our train [to depart] from? 21) What … you [to look for]? – I
[to look for] my umbrella. Look out of the window, it [to rain] cats and dogs.
Ex.18. Past Indefinite Active or Past Continuous Active? Put the verb in brackets into the correct
tense form.
ON THE PLATFORM
The train [to stop] at a small station. A passenger [to look out] of the window and [to see] two
women who [to sell] cakes. The man [to want] to buy a cake. The women [to stand] rather far from
the carriage. The man [to call] a boy, who [to walk] on the platform near the carriage and [to ask]
him: “How much does the cake cost?” “Three pence, sir,” – [to answer] the boy. The man [to
give] him sixpence and [to say] to him: “Bring me a cake, and with the other three pence buy one for
yourself.” Some minutes later the boy [to return]. He [to eat] the cake. He [to give] the man three pence
change and [to say]: “There was only one cake, sir.”
Ex.19. Read and translate the following sentences. Pay particular attention to the tense
form of the predicate and to the prepositions in bold type.
1) You are being looked for. Go home. 2) The speaker was being listened to very
attentively and nobody noticed me. 3) She can’t dance when she is being looked at. 4) The
new exhibition is being talked about a lot. 5) I was asked what was being built in that street.
6) He suddenly realized that he was being laughed at. 7) When she entered the classroom, the
last students were being examined there. 8) He knew he was being watched. 9) The mail is
being looked through. There may be something for you there too. 9) The examination papers
are being checked at the moment. 10) I don’t have my car today because it is being repaired.
11) When I came to Leningrad in 1957, the first underground line was still being built. 12) Are
they ready with the parcel? – No, it is still being packed. 13) A new railway line is being
constructed across the desert now.
Ex.20. Answer the following questions, using the Passive Voice and the word combinations in brackets.
What was happening
at the booking-office (to buy tickets; to sell tickets)
on the platform (to carry things into the luggage-van)
in sleeping car (to sweep the compartment; to fix the
upper berth; to serve tea, coffee; to check the tickets)
at the post-office (to fill in the forms; to send off
parcels; to make out money orders)
in the shop (to show fashionable dresses; to sell shoes
and other things)
in the office (to discuss an agreement; to translate
articles; to prepare documents for the conference; to
sign the contract)
when you got there?

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