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We gave the police the information. (= We gave the information to the police.)
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The police were given the information. The information was given to the police.
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I was offered the job but refused it.
You will be given plenty of time to decide.
Have you been shown the new machine?
The men were paid $200 to do the work.
, , : to award, to give, to grant, to lend, to offer, to pay, to promise, to send, to show, to tell, to teach.
Exercise 10. Rewrite the following active sentences using two passive forms, making the underlined words the subject. Omit the agent if it is not necessary.
Example: The company sent him a letter. He was sent a letter by the company.
A letter was sent to him by the company.
1. They have shown him the way to the station.
2. They give each student a certificate on successful completion of the course.
3. The Credit Bank lent me two thousand pounds in 2008.
4. He offered me a very good job but I turned it down.
5. They will pay the workers $150 every Friday.
6. Father promised Mike a new car.
7. Jane taught him all the English he knows.
8. Theyve sent me a whole lot of junk mail.
9. Somebody will give you the questions a week before the exam.
10. One of his uncles had taught him maths.
11. Someone is sending him threatening letters.
12. After graduation they awarded him a scholarship to do research.
: to explain, to announce, to dictate, to suggest, to describe, to repeat, to point out : something is (was, will be) explained to somebody, it is (was, will be) announced (to somebody) that, it was explained (to somebody) where (when, how).
He explained the problem to me : The problem was explained to me. I was explained the problem .
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It was explained to her how to get to the station.
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Everybody will laugh at you if you tell this story.
You will be laughed at if you tell this story.
She looked after our pets well.
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Our pets were well looked after.
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At school he was often laughed at.
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He was looked at with great suspicion.
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His speech was listened to very attentively.
The problem of unemployment wasnt touched upon.
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to account for -
to agree upon
to arrive at ; ()
to deal with ,
to depend on
to dispose of
to hear of -
to insist on
to interfere with -,
to laugh at
to listen to
to look at
to look after
to look for
to read to -
to refer to
to rely on
to speak about
to speak to -
to send for
to touch on (upon) , ()
to wait for
Exercise 11. Translate the following sentences into Russian.
1. The changes taking place are not easily accounted for. 2. Optimal conditions were agreed upon. 3. He assured us that our luggage would be looked after. 4. Have the proper officials been sent for? 5. A number of important subjects have not been dealt with in detail. 6. His book is referred to by all those who work at this problem. 7. After many hours talk the decision was arrived at. 8. Im sure this arrangement will be insisted on. 9. The new discovery is being much spoken about. 10. The problem must be dealt with before it got talked about.
Exercise 12. Change the sentences from active to passive. Prepositions must not be left out.
1. Somebody reads to the old lady every evening. 2. People will laugh at you if you wear these jeans. 3. A car has run over their dog. 4. She will look after the little girl well. 5. Nobody has ever spoken to me like that before. 6. My watch is fast, we cannot rely upon it. 7. We must dispose of this garbage as soon as possible. 8. People shouted at the Prime Minister during his speech. 9. The secretary referred me to the manager. 10. People speak much about this film.
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The operation was watched by many young surgeons.
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She had been deeply affected by her parents' divorce.
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to affect
to answer
to attend
to enjoy
to follow ()
to join
to influence
to succeed
to watch
Exercise 13. Translate the following sentences into Russian.
1. The meeting was attended by thousands of people. 2. The football game was watched with great interest. 3. The prices of all goods imported into Russia were affected by the devaluation of the ruble. 4. This statement was followed by a long discussion. 5. Almost at the end of the route we were joined by another group of tourists.
