Ex. 13. Complete the text with expressions given below.

4. PERFECT FORMS

 

Ex. 11. Put the sentences into the Passive Voice.

1)

1. The secretary has recently brought this letter.

2. Jack has just spilled the milk.

3. My little brother has broken this cup.

4. She has dusted the room carefully.

5. He felt better when he had reached the post office, bought a registered envelope and posted the letter.

6. By the time the director came she had typed the letters.

7. They went home after they had finished the work.

8. He wondered why we had not visited him before.

9. car has been lent to me for the week.

10.They will have passed the exams by the end of June.

11.Somebody had cleaned my shoes and brushed my suit.

12.Previous climbers had cut steps in the ice.

13.We shall have finished this report by 6 o’clock.

14.Somebody had slashed the picture with a knife.

15.The burglars had cut an enormous hole in the steel door.

16.Someone has already told her to report for duty at six.

17.Compare clothes which we have washed with clothes which any other laundry has washed.

18.The author will have written a special edition for children by the end of the year.

19.Have they bought the books?

20.Nobody have noticed the girl.

21.Have you given the children their milk?

22.What have you done about it?

23.They have built the house in record time.

24.By the time he came we had done it all.

25.They have proved the scientific theory to be false.

2)

1. Someone told us a very funny story yesterday.

2. The people gave him a hearty welcome.

3. They have offered my brother a very good job.

4. The house agents showed us very nice flats.

5. The secretary didn’t tell me the exact time of my appointment.

6. They have never taught that that rood boy good manners.

7. The teacher hasn’t asked Peter any questions at this lesson.

8. People wished the newly married couple a long and happy life.

9. They never tell me the family news.

10.The examiners didn’t give us enough time to answer all the questions.

11.A guide will show the tourists most of the sights of London.

12.They waste a lot of time discussing unimportant things.

13.They type the letters in the other office. They will type yours in a minute.

14.They are repairing my piano at the moment.

15.The guests ate all the sandwiches, and drank all the lemonade. They lest nothing.

16.Has someone posted my parcel.

17.Why did no one informed me of the change of the plan?

18.I’m afraid we have sold all our copies but we have ordered more.

19.They haven’t stamped the letter.

20.She didn’t introduce me to her mother.

21.An earthquake destroyed the town.

22.He didn’t tell me the whole truth.

 

Ex. 12 Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple Passive or Present Perfect Passive.

1. The decorations (complete) an hour ago.

2. The preparations for the party just (finish) and the guests are already arriving.

3. The baby (feed) an hour ago.

4. Christopher (feed) yet? - Not yet.

5. He (not see) for a week already.

6. The paper (not ready) by anyone yet.

7. The suit (not wear) for a long time.

8. This fact (not mention) in his last speech.

9. I’m happy as I just (allow) to stay here for an extra day.

10.She (teach) music in her childhood.

11.You ever (teach) how to play chess?

12.I just (advise) to keep to a diet.

13.The sportsmen (give) instructions before the match.

14.The motorist (disqualify) some five months ago.

15.I can’t believe my eyes! My book (publish) already!

 

had been given had been told   had never been taught

was given (twice) was offered      was promised

was shown      wasn’t being paid     was sent

 

I’ll never forget my first day at that office. I __(1)__ to arrive at 8.30, but when I got there the whole place seemed to be empty. I didn’t know what to do, because I __(2)__ no information about the building or where I was going to work, so I just waited around until some of the secretaries began to turn up. Finally I __(3)__ a dirty little office on the fifth floor, where I __(4)__ a desk in a corner. Nothing happened for an hour; then I __(5)__ some letters to type on a computer by one of the senior secretaries. This wasn’t very successful, because I __(6)__ how to use a computer. (in the letter I __(7)__ when I __(8)__ the job, I __(9)__ computer training, but they’d obviously forgotten about this.) By lunchtime things hadn’t got any better, and I decided that I __(10)__ enough to put up with the nonsense, so I walked out and didn’t go back.