II. Put the sentences into Passive Voice

1. The nurse hasn’t taken my temperature yet.

2. She has just given an injection of penicillin to the patient.

3. He told the patient not to go to the X-ray room.

4. The doctor has already filled in your patient’s card.

5. She gargled her throat twice a day.

6. He felt a bad pain in his throat.

7. The doctor prescribed him sleeping-draughts.

8. The patient takes sedatives.

9. That drug caused a skin irritation.

10. The therapeutist heard moist râles.

11. The surgeon rinses his hands before an operation.

 

III. Put the questions beginning with the words given in brackets. Answer these questions

1. The questions were asked. (By whom? When?)

2. The letter will be sent. (By whom? When?)

3. The things were packed. (What? Why?)

4. The dictation was written. (When? How well?)

5. Hockey is played in winter. (What game? When?)

6. The work has been done. (What? By whom? How well?)

7. You are taught English. (Who? When?)

8. Russian isn’t spoken during English lessons. (What language? When?)

9. Our town will be visited by many people. (What town? By whom?)

10. The window was broken. (When? By Whom?)

IV. Answer the following questions

1. When was our University founded?

2. Is Gomel situated on the Sozh river?

3. When were you born?

4. What documents were handed in before entering the University?

5. You have passed your entrance exams successfully, haven’t you? Have you been examined in English? What exams have you been examined in?

6. Have you made a report at the last meeting? Has your report been discussed?

7. Where are all drugs kept?

8. What is stuck on every bottle and box containing drugs?

9. What is usually written on a signature or a label, which is stuck on a bottle?

10. Why must the name of the medicine or the directions for the administration be written on a label?

11. What else must be indicated on the label?

12. Why is the dose to be taken indicated on the label?

13. What can be bought at the chemist’s?

14. When must injections be given to the patients?

15. When must mustard plasters be applied?

16. When must a strict bed regime be followed?

17. When were you examined by a doctor last?

 

V. Put in the right form of the verb “to be”

1. Newspapers ___ brought every morning.

2. This book ___ sold in every shop of our city.

3. Only English ___ spoken in this country.

4. The letter ___ sent yesterday.

5. The TV-set __ __ bought tomorrow.

6. By whom __ this article translated?

7. The President of the country ___ elected every four years.

8. We __ show a new film tomorrow.

9. I __ just told about it.

10. I don’t like ___ talked about.

11. I ___ asked to help him.

12. She ___ told to come here at 5 o’clock.

13. He ___ already examined in English.

14. I ___ (not) examined by the therapeutist yet.

15. They ___ examined by the doctor next week.

 

VI. Transform the sentences containing two objects from Active into Passive Voice

Мodel: My friend gave me an interesting book.

An interesting book was given to me.

I was given an interesting book.

1. They always show us an interesting film.

2. The teacher told the students the story of Rome.

3. My friend promised me to bring a book about London.

4. They have given him the chance to win.

5. The grandmother is reading the grandson a fairy-table.

6. She brought me the article from medical journal.

7. The chemist will explain you how to take this medicine.

8. The teacher hasn’t dictated the students the task yet.

 

VII. Transform the sentences from Active into Passive Voice paying attention to the prepositional verbs

Мodel: They are looking for my glasses now.

My glasses are being looked for.

1. The people were laughing at this little child.

2. We are listening to our teacher at the moment.

3. He rubbed in this healing ointment twice a day.

4. The registering clerk has already filled in the patient’s card.

5. They will discharge the patient from the hospital in a week.

6. I handed in my certificate of health for admission to the University in July.

7. I deal with Jack very well.

8. He isn’t waiting for the professor.

9. When will you speak to the therapeutist?

10. We paid much attention to Anatomy in the first year.