III Grammar skills

Choose the correct form: active or passive.

1. This problem (discussed / was discussed) at the last meeting.

2. The program (transmitted / is transmitted) from the laboratory.

3. Those papers (covered / are covered) the problems of nuclear physics.

4. His speech (devoted / was devoted) to the problem of ecology.

5. He (will participate / will be participated) in the work of the conference.

6. The article (will discuss / will be discussed) at the lesson today.

7. The scientists (are still solving / are still being solved) this problem.

8. The conference (has stimulated / has been stimulated) interest in educational technology.

Transform the following sentences from Active into Passive Voice.

1. Somebody cleans the room every day. 2. People don’t use this road very often. 3. Someone has told Sally what happened. 4. They will build a new hospital. 5. We are solving the problem. 6. Someone was finishing the job. 7. Parents sent their child to University. 8. Our group is solving this problem.

Transform the following sentences from Passive into Active Voice.

1. By three o’clock everything had been prepared. 2. The dictation was written without mistakes. 3. Her dress was washed and ironed. 4. The papers had been looked through and corrected by the next lesson. 5. This house was built last year. 6. The letter has just been sent. 7. This article will be translated at the lesson on Tuesday. 8. When will this book be returned to the library?

4. Complete the sentences with by or with.

1. My desk was covered … papers.

2. These photos were taken … my sister.

3. These photos were taken … a very cheap camera.

4. The cake was made … dried fruit.

5. The cake was made … aunt.

6. The garage was painted … a new kind of paint.

7. The garage was painted … a friend of mine.

8. Millions of trees are destroyed... pollution every year.

5. Put the words into correct word-order.

1. open, the door, been, has, left.

2. Betty, station, the, at, met, was.

3. questions, the, all, must, answered, be.

4. cleaned, aired, the, and, was, room.

5. by, Whom, written, letters, these, were?

Put the verb into the correct form: Active or Passive Voice.

1. The program (to transmit) from the laboratory.

2. These papers (to cover) the problems of educational technology.

3. The topic of the last conference (to be) very interesting.

4. It’s a big factory. Five hundred people (to employ) there.

5. The letter (to post) a week ago and it (to arrive) yesterday.

6. The park gates (to lock) at 6.30 p.m. every evening.

7. Water (to cover) most of the Earth’s surface.

8. Where (these photographs to take)? In London (you/to take) them?