Help me! 50 . exercise 1. use the verbs in brackets in the passive voice. 1. festivals of folk songs (to attend) by a lot of people annually. 2. the translation (to do) tomorrow? 3. when the play (to stage)? 4. thousands of foreign guests (to invite) every year to attend the winter music festival in moscow. 5. young people from many foreign countries (to teach) in moscow university. 6. he (to elect) home minister last year. 7. the country (to govern) by parliament. 8. i’m sure a lot of questions (to discuss) at the conference the day after tomorrow. 9. do you know why the white house is white? the story i (to tell) is that in 1812 when england was at war with america, the british captured the city, and some of the buildings, including the capitol and the house of the president, (to set) on fire. in 1814, in order to hide the marks of the fire, the brown stone walls of the president’s home (to paint) white – and it has been “the white house” ever since. 10. it is easy to find your way about in new york, it (to lay out) so regularly. the streets all (to well-plan).the streets running north and south (to call) “avenues” and (to number), for example, 1st avenue, 2nd avenue, etc., the streets going east and west (to call) “streets” and also (to number).
2 will the translation be done
3 when is the play staged
4 are invited
5 are taught
6 was elected
7 is governed
8 will be discussed
9 was told-were set-were painted
10 is laid
Are well-planned
Are called
(Are ) numbered
Are called
Are also numbered