Английский язык. Жесткова М.В - 43 стр.

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present/ a computer. 10) to join/ I/ another football club. 11) Jack/ a fortune/ to receive, millionaire/
to become/ he. 12) out flat/ yet/ not to repair. 13) for ages/ not to see/ I/ you. 14) Ann/ just/ to return/
from London. 15) in London/ never/ to be/ I. 16) today/ I/ near my house/ to meet/ Ron/ by chance.
17) we/ since/ not to see/ each other/ last autumn.
B) Your friend is visiting his relatives in the USA. Ask him about what he or his relatives
have seen or done.
Model: to have/ a good journey/ you? → Have you had a good journey?
1) already/ you/ to see/ the Great American Lakes? 2) your brother/ new places/ already/ to
show/ what/ to you? 3) to Broadway/ ever/ to be/ you? 4) to get/ your father/ promotion/ lately? 5) to
receive/ your driving license/ already/ you? 6) a car/ to change/ your brother/ this year? 7) to buy/
you/ what kind of house? 8) Mary/ not to meet/ you/ yet? 9) to move/ the Browns/ to another city/
why?
Ex.18. Read and translate the following sentences. State the tense and voice form of the
predicates.
Model: have heard – Present Perfect Active (to hear)
will be increased – Future Indefinite Passive (to increase)
1) We have heard on the radio today that the railway fares will be increased. 2) The passengers
had been invited to get on the train and now they were exchanging farewells with those who had
come to see them off. 3) Boeing’s new airplane is faster and more luxurious than any other vehicles
which have ever been produced. 4) Hurry up! I’m afraid by the time we get to the station the train
will have already left. 5) The new American turbo-train has covered a 230-mile distance in 3 hours
15 minutes with 4 stops between Boston and New York. 6) The reason for the freight train
derailment has not been found yet. 7) Until recently the price difference between the first and
second class tickets on the Spanish Railways had been amounted to 81%. This difference has been
greatly reduced and now first class fare is only 30% more expensive than second class. 8) When we
came to the station the train had already arrived, and the passengers were hurrying to occupy their
seats in the carriages. 9) It has been calculated that East Japan Railway Company sells 1,000 tons of
tickets annually. These tickets are now being collected and re-used in the manufacture of cardboard
and toilet paper. 10) For many years railway track has been laid and repaired by hard manual labor.
11) By the time the train reached its destination Paul had made friends with many of his fellow
travelers. 12) Double-deck buses have been operated in Moscow for several months but they were
found inconvenient especially during the rush hours. 13) The train stopped at all the stations, and
long before we got to London every seat had been occupied and people were standing in the
corridors.
Ex.19. Open the brackets using the verbs in the required tense form and translate the
sentences from English into Russian.
1) The man [to fine – Present Perfect Passive] by a policeman for crossing the street in the
wrong place.
2) When the fire brigade [to arrive – Past Indefinite Active], the fire [to destroy – Past Perfect
Active] already the building.
3) Many people [to be – Past Indefinite Active] afraid of the railways when they first [to
appear – Past Indefinite Active].
4) The movement of trains [to stop – Past Indefinite Passive] on that section of the line because
the workers [to replace – Past Continuous Active] the sleepers.
5) Several newspapers [to report – Present Perfect Active] that the Russian and Finnish
governments [to discuss – Present Continuous Active] a project for the reconstruction of the
Helsinki-St.Petersburg railroad known in Finland as the Eastern Railway.
6) The train crew [to inform – Past Indefinite Passive] that the departure time [to change –
Past Perfect Passive].

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