EXERCISE. Complete the sentences below with appropriate active and passive forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. Sofia (have) three dogs when she (be) a child.
2. Elena and Sofia always (love) pets.
3. I (sit) in front of a computer now.
4. At the moment Jack and Jill (say) to be in the gym. They (lift) weights.
5. Fiona (not like) jeans, but she (wear) jeans now.
6. Big changes (see) in the next ten years.
7. Martin Luther King (be) a great American.
8. There (be) many changes in the twentieth century.
9. I (teach) to read when I (be) five.
10. Jack (get) a driver's license last week.
11. Jane (see) in this park recently.
12. It (rain) the whole evening yesterday.
13. By the time I come back, they (have) supper.
14. I (break) my pencil.
15. We (reach) the station when it began to rain.
16. Last Sunday we (arrive) at the station, (take) a taxi and (drive) to the hotel.
17. Jack came home late. He (have) a meeting with his friends.
18. Bill (turn off) the light before he left the room.
19. I (translate) the article by next Friday.
20. Jane just (come). I (wait) for her for two hours.
21. Business letters (write) on special forms.
22. The luggage (examine) at the customs when we arrived.
23. They (discuss) the question next week.
24. I (invite) to the concert.
25. This house (buy) last year.
26. The house (build) before I arrived.
27. We (not show) the new film yet.
28. The accident (cause) by the driver using a cell phone.
29. In about 40 countries laws (pass) that prohibit drivers from using cell phones.
30. Accidents (cause) by distracted drivers
Майкл Фарадей - один из великих ученых в истории человечества в области электричества. Он родился в маленькой деревне вблизи Лондона 11 сентября 1 791 года в бедной семье. Его семья жила впроголодь. В возрасте 13 лет Майкл пошел работать в переплетный магазин, потому что не получил образования. Некоторые научные работы и статьи, которые через его руки, возбудили интерес к науке, и он начал читать. Спустя некоторое время Майкл стал учеником великого ученого того времени, сэра Хамфри Дэйви. Мальчик сопровождал Дэйви в поездках по Европе. Образовательная ценность этих поездок была велика. Фарадей встретил Ампера, одного из выдающихся ученых, который уже сделал себе имя в истории электричества.
Today almost all the electricity we use generated by great machines with magnets in them, but in those days no one knew how to it. That's why the English scientist danced with delight on his table when he got what he wanted by moving the magnet near wire. This was a great moment in the history of man's electrical experiments. But Faraday didn't stop at this.