Cathy: Sam?
Sam: Mmm?
Cathy: What do you want to do tonight?
Sam: Oh, I don’t know. Nothing special.
Cathy: Is there anything on at the cinema?
Sam: Here’s the paper. Page two.
Cathy: Thanks. (Looking at the paper.) There’s a new film by Maurice.
Sam: Who? Who’s Maurice?
Cathy: A film director, of course.
Sam: Well, I didn’t know. What’s it called?
Cathy: “Elena.”
Sam: “Elena!”- what kind of film is it?
Cathy: I don’t know, but I’d like to see it.
Sam: All right. How long is it been running?
Cathy: Why?
Sam: Well, it’s a new film, it’ll be difficult to get a seat.
Cathy: (Looking at the paper aagain) No, it says: ‘ Now in its tenth week. Continuous performances.’
Sam: So it doesn’t matter when we go.
Cathy: But, I’d like to go now. Come on... Sam, come on!
Ex.4. Make up dialogues, using the following sentences.
1. Where would you like to go?
2. And what about going to...?
3. Don’t you know whaat’s on today?
4. Who is it by?
5. Is it worth seeing,...?
6.How will it take us to get there?
7.Let’s go there at once.
Ex.5.Answer the following questions on the text and express your own opinion.
1.Why can a man's character be told by the way he uses his leisure?
2.What types of men are there by the way they spend their leisure?
3. What do passive people do during leisure hours?
4. How does a creative type of character spend his leisure time?
5.Why should leisure be refreshment?
Grammar: The Passive Voice.
· We use the infinitive after modal verbs and a number of other verbs. The passive infinitive is to be done/ to have been done
| Can/could May/ might Must/ have to Should/ would Needn’t | be done have been done |
Lions and tigers can be seen in Zoos. He spoke very clearly; he could be heard by everyone
· The verbs which take prepositional objects can form passive construction of the following pattern:
| smb is smth was will be | sent for spoken about laught at |
The verbs taking prepositional objects.
To agree to/with- соглашаться с
To agree on/upon-прийти к соглашению
To call for,on –зайти за
To deal with –иметь дело с
To hear of –слышать о
To insist on/upon- настаивать на
To laugh at – смеяться над
To look after- ухаживать за
To put with- примириться с
To refer to- ссылаться на
To send for-посылать за
To think of- думать о
To comment on-комментировать
To provide for-снабжать
To lose sight of-потерять из виду
To make use of-использовать
Ex.6.Read the situation and write a sentence. Use the words in brackets.
Example: He seldom keeps his promise.(he/can/rely/on)
1.The child is very ill.(the doctor /send/for) 2. The old car is in excellent condition.(it/look/after /well). 3. He was speaking for two hours. (he/listened to/ in silence) 4. She is going into hospital tomorrow. (she/ take good care of). 5. This little boy is always dirty. (he/look after/ properly).6. She is always breaking things in the kitchen. (she/speak to/about her carelessness)7. He’s a sensible man.(his advise/listen to carefully) 8.The dentist said her teeth were very bad.(they/ take care of). 9. He never broke a promise in his life.(he/ come/rely on)10. Shakespeare was born more that 400 years ago.(he/look upon/the greatest of English poets)
Ex.7.Put the following into the passive, mentioning the agent where necessary.
1.You can’t wash this dress.(it / dry-clean).2. They discuss unimportant things.(a lot of time/waste). 3. They will type your letters in a minute.(the letters/ type/ in the other office) 4. I can’t play now.(my piano/ repair/ at the moment) 5. The guests ate other sandwiches, and drank all the lemonade.(nothing/ leave). 6. I can’t find my parcel anywhere.(it/ post?) 7. I have no information.(I/ inform/ of the change of the plan).8.I’m afraid we have sold all our copies but we have ordered more.(more/ order).9. The letter can’t be mailed.(it/ not stamp). 10. I would like to meet her mother.(I/ not introduce/ yet).
Ex.8. Give the corresponding passive construction.
1. We looked through all the advertisements very attentively.2. The gardener gathered all the dry leaves and set fire to them. 3. People will talk much about the successful debut of the young actress, no doubt.4. You can rely upon your guide’s experience. 5. Why didn’t the speaker dwell longer upon this question? 6. You should send the sick man to hospital. They will look after him much better there.7. A famous architect has designed the new theatre this week. 8. This plant had fulfilled the yearly plan by the 15 december.9. The workers are discharging the steamer. 10. The students read the text and translated it into English. 11.Who has written this article?
Ex.9.Put in the correct forms, active or passive, of the verbs in brackets.