PASSIVE VOICE - PRESENT AND PAST
A- Rewrite the sentences using the Passive Voice.
1. People send millions of emails each day.
Millions .
2. School children often visit this museum .
This .
3. Somebody cleans our classroom every day.
Our .
4. They sell hundreds of hamburgers every day.
Hundreds .
5. The police arrest many drunk drivers every year.
Many .
6. An Afghan photographer won the 2012 Pulitzer News Photography Prize.
The 2012 .
7. Soldiers killed many people during the war.
.
8. Government forces killed many civilians during the revolution.
.
9. They held the first Rock in Rio festival in 1985.
.
10. Somebody vandalized the school last night.
.
11. They invited the students to attend the debate.
.
8 класс
I like summer holidays. Я люблю летние каникулы.
I didn’t go to school. Я не ходил в школу.
I didn’t do homework. Я не делал домашку.
I got up late. Я обычно поздно вставал.
I usually played different games, rode a bicycle, went to the cinema, listened to music or went shopping.
Я обычно играла в разные игры, каталась на велосипеде, ходила в кино, слушала музыку и ходила по магазинам.
During my summer holidays I made many new friends, read a lot of interesting books, got to know a lot of useful things.
Во время каникул у меня появилось много новых друзей, я прочитала много интересных книг, узнала много нового.
A big city. Single man and a faithful dog live in the same apartment. They are very attached to each other. But sick owner of the dog was taken to the hospital. He manages to say to Bim only one word "Wait!" And the dog understandshim and he is waiting fir his frind.
Unfortunately, there are quite a lot of evil and unpleasant people, and Bim has to meet them in the image of the woman who hates dogs, the angry and cruel collector of dogs' collars, the hunter from a small village..
But fortunately, there are much more kind and responsive people in this world, and they help the poor dog. They take an active part in the fates of Bim and its owner. The story teaches us to be faithful friends, shows us that hatred and betrayal are the lowest traits.
The little boy, faced with cruelty adults, rebels against them, he told the most important words calling us to goodness and mercy, compassion and empathy.