1 A new contract was signed by us two days ago.
2 I've been invited to my friend's birthday party.
3 The work will be done in time.
4 Flowers will be sent to our teacher. // Our teacher will be sent flowers by us.
5 A new book by this author has just been published.
6 A story is being read to the children by the teacher. // The children are being read a story by the teacher.
7 He said (that) the article had been translated by him.
8 A new hotel is being built on the beach.
9 By 9 o'clock tomorrow twenty miles will have been covered by us.
10 A new film was being shown at 8 o'clock yesterday.
11 A very important question has been clarified by us lately.
12 When the door was knocked at, the latest news was being broadcast on the radio.
13 Four meals a day are served in our family.
14 The author's novels were written in the 19th century, but they haven't been translated into Russian.
15 When I returned to my town, I found that the road had been repaired by the workers.
16 The film has been seen by at least a million people.
17 Three foreign languages are taught in that school.
18 My hat has been blown off by the wind.
19 The city was almost destroyed by an earthquake last year.
20 I was offered a very good job by my brother. // A very good job was offered to me by my brother.
21 The forms will have been filled up by Friday morning.
22... I noticed that the road was being widened some part of the road had been widened.
23 Their car will be put in the garage.
24 The purse was left by one one of the students.
25 The letter hasn't been stamped.
26...all the sandwiches had been eaten and all the beer had been drunk. Nothing had been left.
27 My car is being repaired by the mechanic.
28 Children are often spoilt by parents.
1. In ancient times people believed that witches could appear in the streets.
2. Hang the lights on the New Year tree, please.
3. My cousin is fond of pop music and spends all her pocket money on discs.
4. On 31 December at midnight people often go out into the streets and shout “Happy New Year!”
5. At Easter in Russia people don’t usually give each other chocolate eggs.
6. What did you get as a gift on your birthday?
7. We’ll wait for you on Thursday morning at 10.
8. What is the symbol of Halloween?
9. At Halloween parties people often dress as ghosts and witches.
10. Never shout at children and old people.
11. I always write postcards to my parents when I travel.
12. We always decorate our country house with lights on the New Year’s Eve.
13. How will life change in 2068?
14. Why are the holidays popular with children?
Robin Hood and his merry men took money from the rich and gave it to the poor. There are many stories about them. Here is one of them.
One day Robin Hood was walking through the Forest with his men when he saw a young man. The young man was wearing a very fine red coat and singing merrily. The next morning Robin Hood saw the same young man without his fine coat. The young man was looking very sad. Robin Hood sent Little John to bring the young man. When the young man came to Robin Hood the latter asked him, "What is your name?" The young man answered that his name was Allan-a-Dale. Then Robin Hood asked:"Have you any money?" AIlan-a-Dale answered, "I have only five shillings and a ring that I have kept for seven years. I wanted to marry a nice young girl. Yesterday I went to marry her, but her father is against it. He wants to marry her to a rich old man. Now I am unhappy."
Robin Hood asked the young man: "What will you give me and my merry men if we help you to get your girl back again?" Allan-a-Dale had neither money nor gold, but he promised to be Robin Hood's true servant. So Robin Hood decided to help Allan-a-Dale and they all went to the town where the girl lived. When they came to the town they saw the girl Allan loved. She was going into the church with the rich old man. Robin Hood and his men went into the church and asked the priest to marry the girl to Allan-a-Dale.
When the priest refused, Robin Hood pulled off the priest's coat and put it on Little John. So Little John married the young people and they returned together to the merry Greenwood.