The Passive Voice

THEME: The Passive Voice

Конструкція речення, в якому підмет є діючою активною особою (або предметом), являє собою конструкцію в активному стані. Конструкція речення, в якому підмет є об’єктом, на який спрямовано дію, являє собою конструкцію в пасивному стані.

The workers are building the bridge. Робітники будують міст.

The bridge is being built by the workers. Міст будується робітниками.

Passive Voice утворюється за допомогою допоміжного дієслова to be у відповідному часі і дієприкметника минулого часу (Participle II):

Стверджувальна форма:

The text is translated by students. Текст перекладається студентами.

Питальна форма:

Is the text translated by students. Чи текст перекладається студентами?

Заперечна форма:

The text is not translated by students. Текст не перекладається студентами.

Розглянемо часи дієслів в Passive Voice.

Група простих часів в Passive Voice (Simple Tenses Passive):

Група тривалих часів в Passive Voice (Continuous Tenses Passive):

Група доконаних часів в Passive Voice (Perfect Tenses Passive):

Choose the correct variant:

1. What article ... now?

A has being translated

B is translated

C has been translating

D is being translated

2. Many wetlands and river ecosystems ... .

A have been lost

B been lost

C had been lost

D have lost

3. In prehistoric times, religion and farming ... .

A closely connected

B were closely connected

C was closely connected

D are closely connected

4. Agricultural science ... ecology.

A is largely applied

B are largely applied

C was largely applied

D being largely applied

5. People ... new dairy products and improving old ones.

A are developing

B is developing

C has being developing

D are developed

6. Plants and animals ... of millions of genes.

A is make

B was made

C are made

D make

7. The long-term impacts of GMCs are not yet ... .

A know B knew

C known

D knows

8. Rare plant and animal species ... , rivers and seas ... .

A are disappearing , are contaminating

B are disappearing , are being contaminated

C disappear , contaminate

D are disappearing , are contaminated

9. The fact that many new technologies ... by the private sector.

A is held

B are hold

C are held

D be held

10. This crop ... by the end of the month.

A had been sown

B have been sown

C had be sown

D has been sown

11. I think the film ... on TV now.

A is shown

B are being shown

C has being shown

D is being shown

12. The new university … by the Prime Minister next week.

A will open

В will opened

C will be opened

D will have opened

13. A large part of Ukraine ... by radioactive substances.

A were polluted

B are polluted

C had been polluted

D was polluted

14. Our post … twice a day.

A has delivered В is delivered

C will delivered D will be delivering

15. An unknown actor … to star in the new film .

A chosen

В had chosen

C has been chosen

D choose

16. The Houses of Parliament … in the XIX-th century.

A were build

В were being built

C were built

D had been built

17. My car … by 3 o’clock tomorrow.

A will be repaired

В was repaired

C will have been repaired

D will be repairing

18. This area … now because the plant is not working.

A is polluted

В was not being polluted

C is not being polluted

D has not been polluted

19. In Ukraine about 200 combine harvesters ... in 2002 in comparison to 1,200 units in Germany.

A was sold

B were sold

C area sold

D have been sold

20. Depth of soil ... by deep cultivation or by drainage to lower water level.

A can to improved

B can be improved

C can improved

D can improve

21. Most of the agricultural businesses ... in growing grain and technical crops.

A is

B are specialized

C was specialized

D specialized