Упражнение 1.
Поставьте глагол в правильную форму в страдательном залоге.
1. When / television / invent?
2. Many different languages / speak / in India.
3. I / introduce / to the new director yesterday.
4. The theory / receive / in the past.
5. Hundreds of new houses / build / by the end of this year.
6. My car has disappeared (it / steal!).
7. Tom gets a higher salary now. He / promote/.
8. The police have found the people they were looking for. Two people / arrest / last night.
9. Originally the book/write/in Spanish and a few years ago it / translate / into English.
Упражнение 2.
Выберите сказуемое в предложении, определите его время и залог.
1. Two ventilators were purifying the air in the laboratory when we entered there.
2. The air in the laboratory was being purified by two ventilators when we entered there.
3. The researchers will be conducting the tests of new devices in the laboratory at 12 on Monday.
4. We expect that the rate of inflation will rise.
5. The rate of inflation is expected to rise.
Упражнение 3.
Найдите и назовите в первом ряду глаголы, относящиеся к группе Continuous, во втором - к группе Perfect, в третьем - к группе Perfect Continuous и четвертом ряду - к группе Simple.