The Passive Voice
Пасивний стан виражає дію, яка виконується над чимось (кимось).Часові форми дієслова в пасивному стані вживаються за тими ж правилами, що й в активному стані.
· Present Indefinite Passive
Fish is eaten regularly.Are vegetables often cooked by mother for lunch?I am not allowed to eat sweets.
· Past Indefinite Passive
The cake was made by chef yesterday.Were the nuts chopped with the knife?
· Future Indefinite Passive
Cheese will be bought tomorrow.Will milk be boiled in some minutes?
У пасивному стані вживається два прийменники: by (вказує на виконавця дії) та with (вказує на інструмент, яким дія виконується).
I. Make up sentences inPresent, Past, Future Indefinite Passive.
Model: The book on a well-balanced diet (to write) many years ago. –
The book on a well-balanced diet was written many years ago.
1. This vegetable soup (to cook) two hours ago.
2. What exercises (to show) by instructors tomorrow?
3. These nutrition facts (to mention) in his last report.
4. The advertisement of this fitness club(to place) in the newspaper next week.
5. This nutritionist’s lectures (to listen) to by thousands of people every year.
6. I am afraid our salad (to spoil) by plenty of salt.
7. When the vegetables (to buy) last?
8. The article about vegetarians (to translate) by my friend next lesson.
9. We (to show) a new film about the benefits of the sea food yesterday.
10. The instruction on the diet (to give) to everybody every time at the end of the class.