Peculiarities concerning the use of the Passive voice
Peculiarities concerning the use of the Passive voice
1. The progressive forms such as Future Progressive, Present, Past and Future Perfect Progressive have no passives. Instead only active forms are used and the subject of the sentence in this case is “they”.
· Завтра в это время будут мыть окна.
They will be cleaning the windows at this time tomorrow.
· Сочинение пишут с самого утра.
They have been writing the essay since very morning.
· Фильм показывали уже две недели, когда я, наконец, посмотрела его.
They had already been showing the film for two weeks when I saw it at last.
· Его книгу будут обсуждать уже два часа, когда я присоединюсь к ним.
They will have already been discussing his book for two hours when I join them.
EXERCISES
Exercise 1. Translate into Russian.
1.They will be examining these students tomorrow at 10 o’clock.
2.When we come they will be already discussing the film.
3.They will be cooking dinner at this time tomorrow.
4.They have already been doing the test for 2 hours.
5.They have been questioning us and searching our car for the whole hour.
6.When the manager came, they had been displaying the goods for an hour.
7.When we came to the theatre they had already been discussing the play for half an hour.
8.They had been building a new stadium for two years when I came there.
9.In a month they will have already been listening to the case for a year.
10.They will have already been making the experiment for a month by this time.
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