Ex. 31. Put the sentence with a verb + preposition/adverb combination into the passive.
1. The government has called out troops.
2. Fog held up the trains.
3. You are to leave this here. Someone will call for it later on.
4. We called in the police.
5. They didn’t look after the children properly.
6. Then they called up the men of 28.
7. Everyone looked up to him.
8. All the ministers will see him off at the airport.
9. He hasn’t slept in his bed.
10.We can build on more rooms.
11.They threw him out.
12.They will have to adopt a different attitude.
13.He’s a dangerous maniac. They ought to lock him up.
14.Her story didn’t take them in.
15.Burglars broke into the house.
16.The manufactures are giving away small toys with each packet of cereal.
17.They took down the notice.
18.They frown on smoking here.
19.After the government had spent a million pounds on the scheme they decided that it was impracticable and gave it up. (Make only the first and last verbs passive.)
20.People must hand in their weapons.
21.The crowd shouted him down.
22.People often take him for his brother.
23.No one has taken out the cork.
24.The firm company were to have used the pool for aquatic displays, but now they have changed their minds about it and are filling it in. (Make the first and last verbs passive.)
25.This college is already full. We are turning away the whole time.
26.You will have to pull down this skyscraper as you have not complied with the town planning regulations.
Ex. 32. Translate into Russian.
1. My watch it fast? It cannot be relied upon.
2. Children are well taken care of by the Soviet Government.
3. Why was he laughed at?
4. He is always listened to with great interest.
5. She is very well spoken of.
6. When was sent for?
7. He promised that the matter would be looked into.
8. The time of shipment has been agreed upon.
9. As an agreement had not been arrived at, the dispute was by arbitration.
10.The goods were disposed of by auction.
11.The clause proposed by the buyers was objected to by the sellers.
12.The doctor, who was immediately sent for, said that the sick man must be taken to the hospital.
13.Yesterday I saw the film which is much spoken about.
14.I should like to read the article referred to by the professor.
15.We cannot change the terms of payment which were agreed upon during the negotiations.
16.The speaker, who was listened to with great interest, spoke about the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes.
17.The terms agreed upon were advantageous for both the parties.
18.I want to have some handbooks on this question, which can be retired on.
19.This is a book often referred to.
20.The article of the agreement objected to during the negotiations must reconsidered.
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