Self-training exercises exercise 1. answer the following questions. when is the mail brought in your house? 2. when are examination-papers written? 3. what plays by shakespeare are staged at this theatre? 4. when was the belorussian state university founded? 5. where were the last olympic games held? when will the meeting be held? 7. will the article be published before friday? 8. will all those who have failed be expelled from the, university? 9. which article is being translated now? 10. what rule was being explained when you entered the classroom? how many metro stations have been built in minsk? 12. are you sure that the new school will have been built by september? exercise 2. transform the sentences from active into passive. 1. the speaker stressed the importance of the congress. 2. this actor will play the part of hamlet. 3. the students have learnt a lot of new english words. 4. the director himself answered the phone. 5. somebody recommended me to see that doctor. 6. they had, eaten all the dinner before they finished the conversation. somebody has locked the box and i cannot open it. 8. our friends are making special preparations. exercise 3. transform, the sentences from passive into active. 1. the student was asked to tell the story once again. 2. moscow is very much admired by the visitors. 3. «king lear» can be successfully performed by a group of amateurs. 4. the meal is being prepared now. 5. many valuable paintings were destroyed by the fire. 6. light and heat are given to us by the sun. 7. the question hasn’t been answered properly. exercise 4. fill in each blank with the necessary form of the verb in the passive voice. 1. the papers just by the dean (to sign). 2. the newspapers already by me (to look through). 3. the proposal by that time (to discuss). 4. the invitation tomorrow (to send). 5. the communique by 6 o'clock (to publish). 6. the new plan of the reconstruction of the town still (to work out). 7. the treaty tomorrow (to sign). 8. i knew that he to go out as he was not well (not to allow). 9. he left the hall when the first item of the ,agenda still (to discuss). 10. he could not understand why he by nobody for such a long time, (to visit). 11. what is going on here? — the results of the exam (discuss) by the students. 12. i just (offer) a ticket for the concert. 13. the article (to translate) by the time you return. 14. the computer (to test) in a few days. 15. the newspaper (to deliver) by 9 o’clock yesterday.
