In the World of Grammar

Упражнение 8
Используя глаголы в скобках, закончите предложения, подобрав их по смыслу и поставив в Past Simple Passive
(to invent, to plant, to kill, to write, to build, to name, to discover, to design, to paint, to break).
1. Five fruit-trees in our garden last year.
2. The picture Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.
3. Marat in his bath.
4. Radio by Popov.
5. The first Pyramid of Egypt around 3000 BC.
6. The winter Palace by Rastrelli.
7. "War and Peace" by Tolstoy.
8. Rossi street after a famous Russian architect.
9. My car in an accident last night.
10. When America ?

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Упражнение 9
Раскройте скобки и поставьте глаголы в Past Progressive Passive.
1. I couldn't wear my suit last Saturday. It was being cleaned (to clean).
2. We couldn't use the xerox this morning because it (to repair).
3. The suspects (to question) by the police, while experts were looking for evidences.
4. Then I found out that I wasn't alone. I (to follow).
5. The secretary was answering the phone while the report (to print).

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Упражнение 10
Раскройте скобки и поставьте глаголы в Past Perfect Passive.
1. The thieves had broken (to break) the alarm system before they climbed through a window.
2. The stolen motorbike (to find) by the police.
3. The smoke (to see) rising from the mouth of the volcano two days before the eruption.
4. The dinner already (to eat) by the time I came home.
5. Hundreds of years ago, the Earth (to think) to stand on three foundations.

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Упражнение 11
Поставьте глаголы в правильную форму в газетных сообщениях: Past Simple Passive или Past Perfect Passive.
Castle fire
Winton Castle (to damage) in a fire last night. The fire, which (to discover) at about 9 o'clock, spread very quickly. Nobody (injure) and two people (rescue) from an upstairs room. A number of paintings (destroy).
Shop robbery
In Paxham yesterday a shop assistant (to force) to hand over $500 after he (to threaten) by a man with a knife. The man escaped in a car which (to steal) earlier in the day. The car (later/find) in a car park where it (to abandon) by the thief. A man (to arrest) in connection with the robbery and (to question) by the police.
Accident
A woman (to take) to hospital after her car collided with a lorry near Norstock yesterday. She (to allow) home later after treatment. The road (to block) for an hour after the accident and traffic had to be diverted. A police inspector said afterwards: "The woman was lucky. She could have been killed".

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