ДАМ 30Б Right / wrong - Passive Voice. Find the mistake and correct it.(НАЙТИ НЕПРАВИЛЬНЫЕ ПРЕДЛОЖЕНИЯ И ИСПРАВИТЬ)
A) right
B) wrong
1. By four o'clock Nick was tired of fishing.
2. These bushes have grown so high that they block the
window.
3. Since all our matches had soaked when the boat turned
over we could not make a fire.
4. Joan's face was covered with scratches and his clothes
was torn and dirty.
5. The plane wasn't delayed in Colorado.
6. The letter has to sign the chief of police.
7. Peaches can be bought here for 10 p each.
8. Jim laughed as he fell into the water.
9. The meeting was to be continued after luncn.
10 He was such a good runner that he could be caught.
11. It was obvious that the order couldn't be controlled by
authorities.
12. The passes through the mountains were often block with
snow during the winter.
13. These lilac bushes should being trimmed.
14. It was impossible to tell what was in the can, for the label
has been torn off.
15. A calendar tells you how each month will divide into
weeks.
16. I hope they will have been received the papers by
tomorrow afternoon.
- Correct: This sentence is in the active voice and does not need to be changed to passive voice.
2. These bushes have grown so high that they block the window.
- Correct: This sentence is in the active voice and does not need to be changed to passive voice.
3. Since all our matches had soaked when the boat turned over we could not make a fire.
- Correct: There is no need to change this sentence to passive voice. However, there is a grammatical mistake: "luncn" should be corrected to "lunch".
4. Joan's face was covered with scratches and his clothes was torn and dirty.
- Wrong: The verb "was" should be changed to "were" to agree with the plural noun "clothes". The corrected sentence is: "Joan's face was covered with scratches and his clothes were torn and dirty."
5. The plane wasn't delayed in Colorado.
- Correct: This sentence is in the active voice and does not need to be changed to passive voice.
6. The letter has to sign the chief of police.
- Wrong: In passive voice, the subject usually comes after the verb. The corrected sentence is: "The letter has to be signed by the chief of police."
7. Peaches can be bought here for 10 p each.
- Correct: This sentence is already in the passive voice and does not need to be changed.
8. Jim laughed as he fell into the water.
- Correct: This sentence is in the active voice and does not need to be changed to passive voice.
9. The meeting was to be continued after luncn.
- Correct: There is a grammatical mistake: "luncn" should be corrected to "lunch". The corrected sentence is: "The meeting was to be continued after lunch."
10. He was such a good runner that he could be caught.
- Wrong: The verb "could" should be changed to "couldn't" to express the negative idea. The corrected sentence is: "He was such a good runner that he couldn't be caught."
11. It was obvious that the order couldn't be controlled by authorities.
- Correct: This sentence is already in the passive voice and does not need to be changed.
12. The passes through the mountains were often block with snow during the winter.
- Wrong: The verb "block" should be changed to "blocked" to agree with the past tense of the sentence. The corrected sentence is: "The passes through the mountains were often blocked with snow during the winter."
13. These lilac bushes should being trimmed.
- Wrong: The verb "being" should be changed to "be" to form the passive voice. The corrected sentence is: "These lilac bushes should be trimmed."
14. It was impossible to tell what was in the can, for the label has been torn off.
- Wrong: The verb "has been" should be changed to "had been" to indicate the action happened before. The corrected sentence is: "It was impossible to tell what was in the can, for the label had been torn off."
15. A calendar tells you how each month will divide into weeks.
- Correct: This sentence is in the active voice and does not need to be changed to passive voice.
16. I hope they will have been received the papers by tomorrow afternoon.
- Wrong: The word order is incorrect. The corrected sentence is: "I hope the papers will have been received by tomorrow afternoon."
Note: It is important to mention that not all sentences require a change to passive voice. The instructions only ask to find the incorrect sentences and correct them.