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1. Fill in with Present Simple or Continuous.
1. A: I am seeing (see) an old friend tonight.
B: I see (see) – so you won’t be able to meet me after work, will you?
2. A: Why are you smelling (you/smell) the milk?
B: It smells (smell) a bit strange. I think it might have gone off.
3. A: Do you enjoy (you/enjoy) reading Jane Austin’s novels?
B: Not usually, but I am enjoying (enjoy) this particular one.
4. A: Why is John being (John/be) so bad-tempered today?
B: I don’t know. He is (be) usually so easy to get on with.
5. A: Carol and I are thinking (think) of getting married.
B: Do you think (you/think) that’s a good idea? You haven’t known each other for very long.
6. A: Do you have (you/have) the phone number of a good business consultant?
B: Why? Are you having (you/have) problems at work?
7. A: Is the singer appearing (the singer/appear) tonight?
B: Unfortunately not. She appears (appear) to have lost her voice.
8. A: Why are you tasting (you/taste) the baby’s drink?
B: It tastes (taste) a little bitter. I think I’ll add some more sugar.
9. A: I hear the Fords are looking (look) for a bigger house.
B: Yes, it looks (look) as if they are going to move.
10. A: How much does the parcel weigh (the parcel/weigh)?
B: I’m not sure. The assistant is weighing (weigh) it at the moment.
2. Underline the right item.
(1) I’m having/I have a great time here in England. My university term (2) isn’t starting/doesn’t start until the autumn, so (3) I’m taking/I take the opportunity to improve my English. (4) I’m staying/I stay with some English friends who (5) are owing/own a farm.
On weekdays (6) I’m catching/I catch a bus into Torquay to go to language classes. (7) I’m making/I make good progress, I think. My friends (8) say/aresaying my pronunciation is much better than when I arrived, and (9) I’m understanding/I understand almost everything now. At weekends (10) I’m helping/I help on the farm.
At the moment (11) they’re harvesting/they harvest the corn and (12) they’re needing/they need all the help they can get. It’s quite hard work, but (13) I’m liking/I like it. And (14) I’m developing/I develop some strong muscles!
(15) Do you come/Are you coming to visit me at Christmas?
(16) I’m spending/I spend the winter holiday here at the farm. My friends (17) are wanting/want to meet you and there’s plenty of space. But you must bring your warmest clothes. (18) It’s getting/It gets very cold here in the winter.
Let me know as soon as (19) you’re deciding/you decide. And tell me what (20) you’re doing/you do these days.
Do you miss me?
Love, Paul.
3.Rewrite each sentence, putting the verb in the passive. Remember that the preposition stays with the verb.
1.The old car is in excellent condition. Jerry looks well after it.
The old car is looked after well by Jerry; that is why it is in excellent condition.
2.Our customer services department deals with all complaints.
All complaints are dealt with by our customer services department.
3.Someone broke into the flat last week.
The flat was broken into last week.
4.We looked through all the advertisements very attentively.
All the advertisements were looked through very attentively
5.We want to send the sick man to hospital. They will look after him much better there.
The sick man should be sent to the hospital because he will be looked after much better there.
6.People will talk much about the successful debut of the young actress, no doubt.
No doubt, the successful debut of the young actress will be much talked about.
7.They spoke to the managing director on the subject.
The subject was talked on with the managing director
4. Complete the paragraph. Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct tense-form in the passive voice.
The building at the top of the High Street is Barford Hall. It (1) was built (build) in 1827 and today it (2) is regarded (regard) as the finest Georgian building in the county. A number of alterations (3) have been made (make) since it (4) was build (build), but the front of the building (5) hasn’t been changed (change). Today the Hall (6) owned (own) by Bardale Council, and for the last ten years it (7) has been used
(use) as a home for Barford Arts Centre. At the moment a small art gallery (8) Is being built (build) behind the Hall.
5. A press conference is being held. Put in the correct form of the underlined verbs.
Reporter: Can this new drug prolong human life?
Professor: Yes, we believe that human life can be prolonged by this drug.
Reporter: Are you going to do any more tests on the drug?
Professor: Yes, further tests will be done
Reporter: What will the drug will be called
Professor: It will be called Bio-Meg
Reporter: Can people use the drug now?
Professor: No, the drug can’t be used yet.
Reporter: Who will produce the drug?
Professor: It will be produced by the Bentrix drug company.
Reporter: Do you think they should sell it to anyone freely?
Professor: No, I think it should be sold onlyby prescription.
Reporter: And what quantity could Bentrix produce?
Professor: We believe the drug should be produced in large quantities.
6. Give the correct passive form of the verbs in the brackets
The world’s first electronic computer (1) was built (build) at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946, although computer-like machines (2) had been invented (invent) much earlier.
Computers (3) were sold (sell) commercially for the first time in the 1950s, and a lot of progress (4) has been made (make) since then. Computers are now much smaller and more powerful and they can (5) can be bought (buy) much more cheaply.
Computers (6) are applied (apply) in many fields – in business, science, medicine and education, for example. They can (7) can be used (use) to forecast the weather or control robots which make cars. The computer’s memory is the place where information (8) is kept (keep) and calculations (9) are done (do).
A computer cannot think for itself – it must (10) must be told (tell) what to do. A lot of difficult calculations can (11) can be done (do) very quickly on a computer.
And computers (12) are never mistaken (mistake).
Stories (13) are sometimes heard (hear) about computers paying people too much money or sending them bills for things they didn’t buy. These mistakes (14) are made (make) by the programmers – the people who give the computer its
instructions. Some years ago a computer-controlled rocket belonging to the USA went out of control and had to (15) be destroyed (destroy). The accident (16) was cased (cause) by a small mistake in one line of the programme. This mistake cost the USA $18 million.
Criminals have found out that computer crimes are often a lot easier than robbing banks. Hundreds of millions of dollars (17)
Are stolen (steal) from American businesses every year by people changing the information in computers.
Large numbers of home computers (18) have been sold (sell) recently, especially in the USA and Britain. People know more about computers than they used to, and computers are playing a bigger part in our lives. Progress (19) has made _(make) all the time nowadays.
It (20) is believed (believe) we can look forward to the day when even our household jobs like cleaning (21) will be done (do) by computer-controlled robots.
7. Translate the text in the written form
Первый в мире электронный компьютер был построен в Пенсильванском университете в 1946 году, хотя компьютерные машины были изобретены гораздо раньше. Компьютеры впервые продавались коммерческих целей в 1950-х годах, и с тех пор был достигнут большой прогресс. Компьютеры теперь намного меньше и мощнее, и они стоят дешевле.
Компьютеры применяются во многих областях - например, в бизнесе, науке, медицине и образовании. Их можно использовать для прогнозирования погоды или управления роботами, которые делают автомобили. Память компьютера - это место, где информация сохраняется и выполняется расчет. Компьютер не может думать сам за себя – ему нужно сказать, что делать. И компьютеры никогда не ошибаются.
Иногда можно услышать истории о том, что из за компьютеров люди платят слишком много денег, или компьютеры отправляют счета за вещи, которые они не покупали. Эти ошибки делают программисты - люди, которые дают компьютеру свои инструкции. Несколько лет назад ракета с компьютерным управлением, принадлежащая США, вышла из-под контроля и была уничтожена. Авария была вызвана а небольшой ошибкой в одной строке программы. Эта ошибка обошлась США в 18 миллионов долларов.
Преступники выяснили, что компьютерные преступления совершать зачастую намного проще, чем грабежи банков. Сотни миллионов долларов воруют у американского бизнеса каждый год люди, меняющие информацию в компьютерах. В последнее время было продано большое количество домашних компьютеров, особенно в США и Британии. Люди знают больше о компьютерах, чем раньше, и компьютеры играют большую роль в нашей жизни. Прогресс не стоит на месте. Считается, что мы можем дождаться того дня, когда даже наши домашние хлопоты вроде уборки будут делаться роботами с компьютерным управлением.
8. Transfer: tell a story (8 – 10 sentences) about any invention using the passive voice.
Television (1920s)
The invention that swept the world and changed leisure habits for countless millions was pioneered by Scottish-born electrical engineer John Logie Baird. It had been realised for some time that light could be converted into electrical impulses, making it possible to transmit such impulses over a distance and then reconvert them into light.
Motor Car (Late 19th Century)
With television, the car is probably the most widely used and most useful of all leisure-inspired inventions. German engineer Karl Benz produced the first petroldriven car in 1885 and the British motor industry started in 1896. Henry Ford was the first to use assembly line production for his Model Т car in 1908. Like them or hate them, cars have given people great freedom of travel.
Electricity
The name came from the Greek word for amber and was coined by Elizabeth I's physician William Gilbert who was among those who noticed that amber had the power to attract light objects after being rubbed. In the 19th century such great names as Michael Faraday, Humphry Davy, Alessandro Volta and Andre Marie Ampere all did vital work on electricity.
Photography (Early 19th Century)
Leonardo da Vinci had described the camera obscura photographic principle as early as 1515. But it was not until 1835 that Frenchman Louis Daguerre produced camera photography. The system was gradually refined over the years, to the joy of happy snappers and the despair of those who had to wade through friends' endless holiday pictures.
Telephone (1876)
Edinburgh-born scientist Alexander Graham Bell patented his invention of the telephone in 1876. The following year, the great American inventor Thomas Edison produced the first working telephone. With telephones soon becoming rapidly available, the days of letter-writing became numbered.
Computer (20th Century)
The computer has been another life-transforming invention. British mathematician Charles Babbage designed a form of computer in the mid-1830s, but it was not until more than a century later that theory was put into practice. Now, a whole generation has grown up with calculators, windows, icons, computer games and word processors, and the Internet and e-mail have transformed communication and information.
Aeroplane
The plane was the invention that helped shrink the world and brought distant lands within easy reach of ordinary people. The invention of the petrol engine made flight feasible and the American Wright brothers made the first flight in 1903.
9. Make up sentences according to the model
1. Doing this job is very important. – It’s important to do this job
2. Learning English is necessary. – It’s necessary to learn English
3. Killing people is unforgivable. – It’d unforgettable to kill people
4. Riding a bicycle is dangerous. – It’s dangerous to ride a bicycle.
5. Interrupting people is impolite. – It’s impolite to interrupt people.
6. Dressing a wound is very painful. It’s painful to dress a wound.
7. Attending your classes is your duty. – It’s your duty to attend classes.
8. It’s a pleasure that I can see you again. – It’s a pleasure to see you again.
9. Watching a comedy is very amusing. – It’s very amusing to watch a comedy.
10. Rushing through a book is useless. – It’s useless to rush through a book.
11. Going with him to picture galleries was a rare treat. - It was a rare treat to go with him to picture galleries.
12. Doing it seemed a proper and natural thing. - It seemed to be proper and natural to do it.
13. Taking him seriously would be an absurd thing. – It's absurd to take it seriously.