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7) Fasten your [total; control; protection; safety] belts and don't smoke – the plane is taking off!
8) The telephone lines [installed; ensured; damaged; introduced] in the last night’s storm are
being repaired.
9) One trip in the New York subway [costs; accommodates; lasts; carries out] between 85
cents and $2.25
10) People should start and finish work at different time to [reduce; increase; maintain; follow]
the peak hour traffic jams.
GRAMMAR REVIEW
(Indefinite, Continuous, Perfect Active and Passive;
Participle I, Participle II)
Ex.7. Read and translate the following sentences. State the tense and voice form of the
predicates.
1) The Ukrainian government has decided to resume the construction of the metro, which was
stopped because of financial difficulties. A lottery is being organized and 40% of its income will be
used to fund the work. 2) The newspaper published the article about a brave engine driver who
saved the passengers from a bad accident at risk of his own life. 3) The new supersonic aircraft that
looks like a rocket will cover the distance between Tokyo and Moscow in less than 2 hours. 4) Steel
sleepers are particularly valued in desert and tropical regions because great variations in day and
night temperatures do not affect them. 5) Japanese Railways has banned the passengers to use their
cellular telephones on its commuter trains. The railway company has recently received a lot of
complaints because passengers speaking on their mobile telephones are shouting too loud and
disturbing others. 6) It was snowing heavily and I couldn’t make out the number of the tram. When I
had covered several tram stops, I realized that I got on the wrong tram. 7) Mr. Davis was very
nervous when the airplane was taking off because he had never flown before. 8) I was standing at
the tram-stop when it began raining. 9) The water was heated to the boiling point.
Ex.8. TEST. Choose the correct variant of the predicate.
1) The Channel Tunnel ___ since 1994.
a) was being used b) has been used c) was used
2) This railway tunnel ___ Great Britain with the Continent.
a) is connected b) is connecting c) connects
2) Fuelling stations ___ along the highway at frequent intervals.
a) situate b) are situated c) are being situated
3) I leased another car, while mine ___.
a) was being repaired b) is being repaired c) had been repaired
4) The electrical equipment ___ by a Japanese firm.
a) will supply b) will be supplied c) will have been supplied
5) During peak hours the Metro trains usually ___ with small intervals.
a) are running b) are run c) run
6) The first automatic drivers ___ on the underground lines.
a) have been tested b) was tested c) are being tested
7) The car ___ too fast for me to see the number plate.
a) was being moved b) will move c) was moving
8) The mechanic ___ the wheel by the time we came.
a) replaced b) has replaced c) had replaced

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