1 Начните эти предложения с него, имя / существительное + пассивная конструкция.
It is expected that prices will rise again this month. (to expect)
1) …… that all the passengers had died in the crash. (to fear)
2) …… that the sea level is rising. (to think)
3) …… to be honest and reliable. (to consider)
4) …… to be thousands of people waiting to renew their passports. (to say)
5) …… to be a fall in house prices, but I haven’t noticed it. (to suppose)
2 завершите предложения, как в приведенном примере.
Ожидается, что он выиграет гонку завтра. He …is expected to win the race tomorrow…
1) It is thought that the school has good teachers. The school……
2) It is said that she speaks seven languages. She ……
3) It is thought that she is a talented pianist. She ……
4) It is said that the athletes train for eight hours every day. The athletes ……
5) It is expected that the American team will break the world record. The American team ……
6) It is reported that the world leaders have reached an agreement. The world leaders .…..
3 преобразуйте следующие предложения в пассивные, как в Примере.
People expect him to win. He is expected to win. / It is expected that he will win.
1) Journalists have reported that the President is ill.
2) Everyone knows that the statement was untrue.
3) Many people believe that the climate is changing.
4) People say that the quiz champion Claude Jennings has lost his memory.
5) Everyone expects that the soap opera “Round the Corner” will end next year.
6) Journalists suppose that the footballer Wayne Johnson is earning 10 million USD a year.
7) People say that the company is having problems.
8) Everyone thought that he was lying.
9) Many people say that the new prices are too high.
10) They claim that this diamond is the largest in the world
2) He sighed again and again, like one who (had escaped) from danger.
3)Then I ( searched) for a piece of paper and a pencil, and I ( wrote) a message for the maid.
4) He ( made) tea and ( ate) the biscuits which Mrs. Aberdeen (had bfought) him.
5) Ansell (gave) an angry sigh, and at that moment there (was) a tap on the door.
6) When the cinema (was) over they ( went) for a walk across the dark, damp fields.
7) The door (opened). A tall young woman (was standing) framed in the light that (was falling) from the passage.
8) Cassie (had spent) the night at home, and on entering the dining-room ( glanced) at the space above the fire.
9) He (was walking) about our sitting-room all afternoon, murmuring to himself.
10) It (was) all so sudden that for a moment no one ( knew) what (had happened).
11) He (told) me that they (had been) at the same public school and (had been) friends ever since.
12) At the age of seventy-four he (was) excited as a boy about his expedition.
13) Near the door he (saw) the man he (had noticed) at the station.
14) The house (was) much smaller than he (had thought) at first.