Turn the Active Voice into the Passive Voice. Include the doer of the action unless the doer is unknown or not important. Write your sentences with full verb forms.

1. Do they teach Chinese at this school?

2. Paul is repairing the door.

3. Edward will record the songs.

A

1 Many students are taught by Neil in Porto.

2 Every day cakes are baked by Joana.

3 My car was repaired by my friend.

4 English is spoken by many students in my class.

5 My best friend was arrested by the police.

6 By eight o'clock her homework was finished (by her).

7 This broken table wasn't repaired by anybody.

8. Are the letters being typed (by them)?

9 All the questions were answered by him.

10 The truth wasn't told to me.

11 The girl is smiled at as she walks by.

12 The bicycle isn't kept in the garage.

13 Your friend is spoken well of.

14 Money is thought by teens to be the most important thing in life.

15 Robots are made from strong metal.

16 Robots are used by factories because they are reliable.

17 Human beings will be never attacked by robots.

18 That factory had to be closed because the firm went bankrupt.

19 This dress was made in Spain.

20 Part of the tunnel must be blown up.

21 The problem is being solved by them now. 

22 Students were allowed (by them) to leave earlier on Thursday.

23 The suspect has been questioned by the police.

24 Mobile phones are used by lots of people.

25 The grass was cut (by them) this morning.

B

1 I  was sold (by David) a ticket for the concert. ( "by David" желательно опустить)

2  He will be sent the exam results.

3 I was shown where the art school is.

№2. Can you imagine paying a $100 fine for saying the word instead of restauration rapide? France (26) RECENTLY issued laws prohibit the use of English if there is a French word that can be used instead.

Why do they do it? Word (27) BORROWING happens whenever groups of people that speak different languages have steady contacts with each other. At least one group is bound to use some of the other groups words.  

Why then do the French feel so (28) STRONGLY against using English words that they would pass laws to stop it?  

The French value their language highly and their (29) UNWILLINGNESS to blend it with other languages has much to do with international relations. Any language that is used for international purposes is called lingua franca, which means “French language” as for a long time French has been the language of politics, commerce, and other international affairs.

In order to preserve the uniqueness of the French language, an (30) ORGANISATION called The French Academy was established. This group of people became the national authority on the French language.

For about 350 years the Academy has made numerous (31) DECISIONS about the proper use of French.

№3. The story of St Bazil’s Cathedral begins in May 1552. Red Square then was the site of mass prayers on the eve of the departure of the tsar and his armies to fight the Khan of Kazan. Mingling in the crowd was a barefoot holy man dressed in rags, well known to the crowd as Basil the Blessed for his [32] 2) HUMILITY. Only traditional immunity [33] 3) GRANTED to such holy men in Russia could save him from Ivan the Terrible’s wrath. Even before Ivan IV unleashed his reign of terror, Basil was [34] 1) WARNING the tsar that his future would condemn him to eternal damnation. Before the departure for Kazan he also predicted that the tsar would murder his first-born son. Basil died [35] 3) WHILE Ivan was laying siege to Kazan. His body was buried on the future site of the cathedral, named to [36] 2) COMMEMORATE the victory.

It took six months for the Russians to force their way into the Kazan fortress. Victory came on 1 October 1552, which, according to the Orthodox calendar, was the feast of Pokrov, or protection of the Blessed Virgins Veil. Thankful for the help of the Virgin, the young monarch ordered a wooden church to be built in Red Square.

As more military success followed, a series of wooden chapels [37] 4) TOOK shape around the already existing Trinity Church. Finally there were seven victories and seven new churches in Red Square. Later all them were torn down to make the way for the Cathedral of Pokrov — better [38] 4) KNOWN as St Basil’s Cathedral — that was to surpass in size and splendor anything the Russian rulers had built before.