Choose between Present Indefinite Passive and Present Continuous Passive.

1.this firm infringed our trademark.
2.we quoted the price for the item.
3.they deliver goods of first quality to our wholesale deports/

flies off the baby's face because they ( to carry) disease/

в Present Indefinite

1. It (to awake) my interest to economics. 2. She always (to get) good marks in English. 3. My studies (to begin) at half past eight. 4. I (to think) economy is a promising field. 5. Hard work usually (to lead) to good success. 6. My working day (to last) six hours. 7. He (to speak) English quite fluently. 8. Everybody (to know) that they (to watch) TV every evening. 9. The swimming bath (to open) at 9.00 and (to close) at 18.30 every day. 10. What time (the banks / close) in Britain? 11. The sun (to rise) in the East. 12. Bad students never (to work) hard. 13. It often (to snow) in winter. 14. She (to say), she (to hear) nothing. 15. My friend (to go) there nearly every week.

1) Andrea (to live) in San Francisco.
2) She (to get up) at six o'clock and (to take) а shower.
3) She doesn't normally (to have) breakfast.
4) At half past eight she (to catch) а bus to her college.
5) Нег first class (to start) at а quarter past eight.
6) She always (to have) lunch at twelve o'clock in the cafeteria.
7) The cafeteria (to be) ОК and it (to be) cheap too.
8) Once а week she (to go) swimming.
9) Sometimes one of her friends (to pick) them up and then (to drive) them home.
10) She (°to invite) friends to her house rather often, they (to listen) to music and (to talk) .


7. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках в Present Indefinite.

1) Linda and I (work) for а company, which (produce) automobiles.
2) I (start) work at ten o'clock and Linda (come) to the office at nine.
3) She (be) good at typing, she (write) letters and reports every day.
4) She (not know) French very well, so she often (go) to the sixth floor where I
(work).
5) I sometimes help her translate letters, as I (know) French rather well.
6) Linda also (answer) telephone calls, sometimes she (show) visitors around the factory.
7) She (dо) common paperwork: (write) memos, (file) reports, (answer) letters.
8) She often (arrange) meetings for her boss.
9) You (understand) what her job (be) ? Yes, she (be) а secretary.
10) But she (not like) her job and (want) to be а manager.


8. Напишите следующие предложения в вопросительной и отрицательной формах.

Образец: It smells awful.
Does it smell awful? It doesn't smell awful.

l. We work at the translation. 2. You make а lot of noise. 3. Не always goes for а walk in the evening. . 4. In the morning I have little time. 5. Her brother works in Canada. 6. She does nothing to realize her dreams. 7. David believes in God. 8. She always comes to work in time. 9. The book belongs to Ann. 10. Не prepares his lessons in the evening.9. Заполните пропуски глаголом to be в Past Indefinite и переведите предложения.

1. It ... bitterly cold yesterday. 2. Му uncle ... very busy all last week. 3. She called on Sunday because it ... cheaper then. 4. When I came to visit her she ... absent, she ... at her friend's 5. We . .. tired of his stupid questions 6. Last winter the weather ... rather warm. 7. Yesterday he ... in Geneva. 8. When mу grandmother ... young, she ... an actress9. Where .. . your books? - They ... in mу bag10. Не ... not ill yesterday, he ... at work.


10. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках в Past Indefinite. Напишите
предложения в вопросительной и отрицательной формах.

Образец She (to prepare) lessons well.
She prepared lessons well.
Did she prepare lessons well?
She didn't prepare lessons well.

1) I (to buy) а magazine last week.
2) The postman (to bring) the morning mail only at 10 o'clock. 3) I (to see) you in the library the other day.
4) They (to have) а picnic yesterday.
5) The rain (to spoil) the whole pleasure.
6) Every winter Nick (to go) to the Swiss Alps to ski.
7) My sister (to get) married at 24.
8) She (to pass) all her exams successfully.
9) Their family (to live) in France for many years.
10) Mary (to buy) а very beautiful dress for the party yesterday.


11. Заполните пропуски глаголом to be в Future Indefinite.

1. Tomorrow it ... cold and wet. 2. Не ... fifty in June. 3. It's too late to go. I. .. here till tomorrow. 4. Computers . .. our teachers. 5. People .. . on the moon. 6. Don't worry, I… not ... too late. 7. I suppose, you . .. pretty busy tomorrow. 8. I am afraid, it . .. difficult for you to stay there so long. 9. Larry . .. happy to visit them again. 10. I suppose Mr. Black .. . our teacher next term.

1. Russia (to rank – Present Indefinite Active) second in the world, after the USA, in the
length of the railway network.
2. Tomas Bouch (to design – Past Indefinite Active) the Tay
Bridge in 1878 and everybody (to speak – Past Indefinite Active) about it as one of the wonders
of the world.
3. You (to meet – Future Indefinite Passive) by an agent from the travel bureau at
the airport.
4. Liquid goods (to transport – Present Indefinite Passive) in tank cars.
5. The first
Stephenson’s steam locomotive (to call – Past Indefinite Passive) “The Rocket”.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs . Use present perfect passive and past simple passive

2) in 1928 , the first television pictures____(send) form London to New York
3) Since then , billions of TV sets____(sell) all over the world
4) in the 1970s , TV sets _____(give) to tribes in the Amazon
5)But since then , special TV programmer_____(not developed) for the people in the tribes
6) Many governments and authorities_____(criticise) for bringing TV into tribal cultures