Focus on Grammar. Exercise 23.Open the brackets using the correct Passive Voice

Exercise 23. Open the brackets using the correct Passive Voice.

1. Dutiable goods (smuggle) into the country.

2. Custom officers (instruct) by “Searchers”.

3. He (catch) by the authorities and later (imprison) for ninety-nine casks of brandy hidden in his warehouse.

4. The coal (load) ballast for the voyage home.

5. These officials (treat) with much contempt by the poor people.

6. A large number of brandy casks (hide) under the boxes with apples from Jersey.

7. The Welsh coast (survey) by Greenville Captain Collins.

Exercise 24. Give three forms of the following verbs:

hide, arise, arouse, awaken, find, make, catch, keep, know, meet, send, spread.

Exercise 25. Open the brackets using Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1. Where is Ivanov? – He (examine) passengers’ baggage.

2. I (not like) the picture you (look) at now.

3. He (read) books in three languages, and now he (read) a French novel.

4. She usually (do) her homework at home, but now she (do) it at the library.

5. Where you (go) now? – I (go) to the library to prepare for my examination.

6. What that tourist (do) there? – He (go) through the Customs control.

7. What you (buy) here? – I (buy) an English text-book.

8. She (fly) to New York once a month.

9. He (start) a new job next week.

10. The woman who (speak) with my sister in the yard is our neighbour who (live) across the street.

11. She (be) at the English lesson now.

12. You (wait) for me in the departure lounge?

Exercise 26. Insert the article if necessary.

1. There were not many lifeboats on _______ board of _______Titanic, that’s why ________lot of people sank. – What _______ sad story!

2. In ______fact I can’t catch _______main idea.

3. It’s_______ high time we were off. Take _______ care of yourself.

4. Do you prefer to travel by _______ train or by ________car?

5. Christopher Columbus set ______sail in 1492 to find _______shortest way to _______India.

6. My mother and I are leaving for _______Moscow in _______ week; _______rest of _______family will stay at _______home.

7. By _______end of the academic year there is always _______great deal of work to be done.

8. Moscow is situated on ________ Moskva River.

9. France is to the north of ________Italy.

10. Have you ever been to _________ Canary Islands?

11. Chicago is on ________Lake Michigan.

12. _______Baikal is the deepest lake in the world.

13. The Red Sea is between ______Africa and _____Asia.

14. Was O’Henry from ______USA or ______UK?