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06.05.2021 07:58 •  Английский язык

A. Change the following sentences, active to passive or passive to active: 1. Bell invented telephone in 1876.
2. This country house is not used very often.
3. What are they building in Church Street?
4. The motorbike was three years old but we hadn’t used it very much.
5. We were afraid that somebody was watching our burglary.
6. They came to the party although they hadn't been invited.
7. The patient is being operated on by the professor at the moment.
8. Has a dog ever bitten you?
9. They will increase our salaries.
10. Your walkman was broken by my younger brother by accident.
B. Fill in the gaps using the verbs in brackets in the correct form:
11. Most of the Earth's surface cover by water
12. This problem (not solve) until the next meeting.
13. All fights(cancel) since yesterday's air crash.
14. When___these photographs (take)?They are too old and dog – eared.
15. I rushed into my hotel room but my camera__already___ (steal).
16. ___You ever__ (sack) from your job?
17. Our office___ (repair) at the moment
18. Do you think that more money should ___(spend) on clothes.
19. When we arrived at the airport we ___(wait for) by the representative of the company.
20. They didn't broadcast the football match. It might (postpone).
C. Use the underlined words as the subject of the sentences:
21. It is alleged that -the bell- boy- has just taken our luggage to our room.
22. It is believed that -this travel agency- wasted a lot of money last year.
23. It was considered that -a lot of people- had been badly injured by fire.
24. It is reported that -our government- will build more hospitals and schools next year.
25. It was expected that -a lot of people- were homeless after the war.