Write in the passive : 3) TV/invent/ Baird
4) Rice/grow/China
5) The robber/ arrest/police/yesterday.
6) The TV/ repair/yesterday.
7) The picture/paint/ Picasso.
8) Dinner /serve/ in half an hour.
Change from the Active into the Passive :
1) Someone broke the window.
2) Someone robbed me.
3) Someone delivers newspapers.
4) Builders will build a new gym next summer.
5) Someone spilled coffee on my documents.
6) Someone tore the curtains in the classroom.
7) Some workers repair the roads every year.
The Yeoman Warders or ‘Beefeaters’
1 The Beefeaters guard the Tower of London. – Бифитеры охраняют Лондонский Тауэр. (Перевод слова Beefeaters-'мясоеды’, но чаще говорят просто по-русски ‘Бифитеры’).
2 They act as guides for tourists. – Они проводят экскурсии для туристов.
3 They also take care of (the eight big black) ravens that live in the Tower. – Они также заботятся о (8и больших чёрных) воронах, которые живут в Тауэре.
4 They have two uniforms. – У них две формы.
(One is for Holidays and the other one is for every day. - Праздничная и повседневная)- это можно пропустить)
5 There are 36 Yeoman Warders at the Tower and they are all men who were in the armed forces. – В Тауэре 36 охранников и они все служили в вооружённых силах.
6 They live in the Tower with their families. – Они живут в Тауэре co своими семьями.
7 Nobody knows exactly where their name ‘Beefeaters’ came from. – Никто точно не знает, как появилось их название – ‘Бифитеры’.