Ex.1. Put the verbs in brackets into the required tense form.

Ex.1. Put the verbs in brackets into the required tense form.

1) Hundreds of jobs [to create– Future Simple Passive] after the building of this plant. 2) Special equipment [to use– Present Simple Passive] for the construction of railways. 3) The first Stephenson’s locomotive [to call– Past Simple Passive] “The Rocket”. 4) In the past, messages from Europe to America [to send– Past Simple Passive] by ships. 5) All passenger coaches [to equip– Present Simple Passive] with electric heating system. 6) Before 1947 the British Railways [to own– Past Simple Passive] by four private companies.7) Passengers [to ask– Past Simple Passive] to show their tickets.

Ex.2. Choose the correct voice form of the predicates .

1) A large number of cars [parked;were parked] near the railway station. 2) The speed of Metro trains [reaches;is reached] 90 km/h. 3) This railway company [will transport;will betransported] freight only. 4) Wood [replaced;was replaced] by steel as a material for constructing passenger cars. 5) I [work;am worked] for a construction company which has a lot of contracts in other countries. 6) The windows of his car [make;are made] of unbreakable glass. 7) We [left;

were left] our car in the parking lot near the terminal. 8) Sleepers [hold;are held] the two rails at the right distance. 9) You [will meet;will be met] by an agent from the travel bureau at the airport. 10) Special railroads such as funiculars [use; are used] on steep grades in the Alps. 11) The driver [told; was told] his passengers to fasten their safety belts.

Ex.3. Change the following sentences: from Active into Passive.

1) The high-speed railway line connects Paris and London. 2) Electric motors will drive the cars in the future. 3) I bought train

tickets two days ago. 4) We will discuss their project next week. 5) The state spends large sums of money to train highly-qualified

engineers. 6) The Cherepanovs constructed the first steam locomotive in Russia. 7) The workers laid down the railway line.

ahead of time. 8) On early railways people called conductors “the captain of the train”.

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