Passive Voice
Continuous group
1. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous Passive.
1. The book (read) now.
2. The fruits (cut) now.
3. Dinner (cook) now.
4. The magazine (not/read) at the moment.
5. The movie (not/watch) now.
6. the candles (light) now?
7. What interview (give) now?
8. Whose speech (listen) to at the moment?
9. the news (report) at the moment?
10. the interview (give) now?
2. Complete the answers to the questions using the Past Continuous Passive.
1. Did she return you the book yesterday? – No, it (read) to.
2. Why didn’t you put that white dress on? – It (wash).
3. Why didn’t he hear the call? – The flat (vacuum).
4. Did the teacher check your test yesterday? – No, it (check).
5. Did they find a solution to that problem? – No, it (discuss).
6. Why didn’t you try the pie? – It (bake).
7. Could he take the papers yesterday? – No, they (type).
3. Translate into English.
1. Этими книгами сейчас не пользуются.
2. Спальню сейчас убирают.
3. Речь вчера слушали.
4. Твой костюм вчера гладили час.
5. Ждут его?
6. Ваш дом вчера долго красили?
7. Завтрак готовят.
8. Пишут письма сейчас?
9. Мой телефон вчера ремонтировали после обеда.
10. Её сейчас слушают.
2 I won't be home for dinner this evening. I'm meeting some friends after work and we're going to cinema.
3 unemployment is very high at the moment and it's very difficult for people to find a work.
4 Carol is a economist. She used to work in investment department of Lloyds Bank. Now she works for American bank in United States.
5 I don't really like staying at hotels, but last summer we spent a few days at a very nice hotel by sea.
Tina had returned from the cinema by 9 p.m.
When the teacher entered the classroom, the students had already opened their notebooks.
Mother saw that her son had not washed his hands.
The teacher understood that Helen had not done her homework.
I knew that my friend had not come yet.
When I woke up yesterday, father had already gone to work.
Tom thought that his father had not come home yet.
Mary told us that she had cooked a good dinner.
Yesterday I found the book which I lost/had lost in summer.