A) When do we use the passive? How is it formed? Which tenses do not have a passive form?
b) Find examples of the passive in the text.
c) Rewrite the following sentences in the passive.
1. Kanat put up the tent
2. The mayor has recently opened the UFO museum
3. Lots of UFO-spotters visit Roswell, New Mexico
4. People are making preparations for the town's first UFO festival.
5. Ulan is starting a UFO tour in the area
6. Locals have seen many strange lights in the desert
7. They will publish Nurlan's book about local mysteries next month
I would like to tell you about a great Maslenitsa celebration in Russia. It is celebrated on last Sunday of March, when winter is losing its rights and spring comes. On this day there are Russian great folk festivals with horses, getting a living rooster from the post, a lot of jokes, songs and dances. On the streets of cities, towns and villages different mummers walk, they offer everybody hot tea and Russian pancakes with different toppings: honey, jam, butter, eggs! But most importantly is the effigy of winter that is burnt and everyone rejoices the beautiful spring coming.
15. Match the beginnings and the endings of the sentences.
Beginnings
a) If you have dreams…
b) If I ever felt I had too much money…
c) If I'd known that they were valuable antiques…
d) If I didn't behave well…
e) If I were single with no kids and no responsibilities…
f) If I had to choose one sport I couldn't live without…
Main clauses
1) I didn't get any pocket money.
2) it wouldn't have to be football.
3) I'd give it away to charity.
4) I'd take a year out and go travelling.
5) I would have kept them.
6) money makes them possible.
a) If you have dreams, 6) money makes them possible.
b) If I ever felt I had too much money, 3) I'd give it away to charity.
c) If I'd known that they were valuable antiques, 5) I would have kept them.
d) If I didn't behave well, 1) I didn't get any pocket money.
e) If I were single with no kids and no responsibilities, 4) I'd take a year out and go travelling.
f) If I had to choose one sport I couldn't live without, 2) it wouldn't have to be football.