Ex. 5. Correct the information of the sentence, ask your partner a question to know the proper information and let him answer

You: Coffee is grown in the Netherlands. You: Is coffee grown in the Netherlands? – Your partner: No, coffee is not grown in the Netherlands. You: Where is coffee grown? - Your partner: It’s grown in Brazil.

1. Champagne is produced in Lebanon. 2. Rolls-Royce cars are made in Japan. 3. Paper is made from plastic. 4. Rice is cultivated in Europe. 5. President Kennedy was killed in NY. 6. Sunflowers was painted by Renoir. 7. Coca-Cola has been produced for over two hundred years. 8. Penicillin was invented by Botkin. 9. Next winter Olympic Games will be held in Madrid. 10. H-bomb was invented by Leo Landau. 11. Paper money was invented in Egypt. 12. The Berlin Wall was knocked down in 1982. 13 Dynamite was invented by Faraday. 14. The telephone was invented by Wilhelm Roentgen. 15. Gunpowder was invented by the Russians.

Ex. 6. Complete the sentences with a passive construction using the verbs given and the forms suggested.

1. Much of London (destroy) by fire in the 17th century. (Past simple). 2. The men who (bite) a snake (give) a serum. (Past perfect, Past simple). 3. A leader should be a man who can respect. (Infinitive). 4. Many slums (demolish) to make way for new buildings. (Present progressive). 5. The police (instruct) to take firm action against hooligans. (Present perfect). 6. He (save) from bankruptcy by the kindness of a friend. (Past simple). 7. A cease-fire (expect) (declare) later this week. (Present simple, Infinitive). 8. A great deal of research (do) into the possible causes of cancer. (Present progressive). 9. The worker claimed that he (victimize) by his employers. (Past progressive). 10. The tenant (evict) for not paying his rent. (Past simple) 11. It (think) that the Government would do something to help. (Past perfect). 12. Three hundred new houses (build) by the end of next year. (Future perfect).

Ex. 7. Open the brackets and use the verb in the appropriate form of the Passive Voice.

1. The first draft resolution (not discuss)_____________________ yesterday; it (withdraw) ______________________long before the beginning of the meeting. 2. He is not in town; he (send) _________________________ on a special mission, 3. Don't come into the compartment; the berth (fix) ______________________ now. 4. A new underground line (construct) ____________________ now. They say one of its stations (build) ____________________ in my street. 5. He wants to know when the final decision (take) _____________________. The activities of the committee and their delays already much (speak) _____________________ about. 6. It was three o'clock. We (tell) _________________to hurry up because we (wait) ____________________. 7. Do you believe that such a problem can (solve) ________________? 8. It must (do) _______________without delays. 9. On September 9, 1850, California (admit) __________________ to the Union as the thirty-first state. 10. Don't speak in a loud voice: we (listen) __________________. 11. The plan (approve) _________________? — No, it (discuss) __________________now. — How long it (discuss) _______________________? 12. By the time he arrives everything (settle) __________________________. 13. Not all the necessary things (buy) _______________________for our trip that's why the departure (postpone) __________________________. 14. The money (lend) _____________________to him two months ago, but it (not give) ________________________ back yet. 15. The business day was in high gear: the mail (look) ______________________through, documents (type) ____________________________, letters (answer), talks (hold) ___________________________. 16. Wait a minute. The table (lay) ________________________. 17. Dynamite (invent) ____________________ by Alfred Bernhard Nobel. 18. This Ex. may (write) ____________________with a pencil. 19. This work (do) __________________before you went to Moscow? 20. If you (ask) ______________________about it, will you be able to answer?

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