Задание 2.
1. Complete the following true stories with the correct active or passive form of the
verb in brackets. (Pay attention to the tense of the verb.) Поставьте глаголы в
скобках в активный или пассивный залог (Обращайте внимание на время
глагола!).
INCIDENTS
a) Seventy-five prisoners in northern Mexico (1) ... (spend) over six months digging a
tunnel in an attempt to escape from Saltillo prison. Unfortunately for them, however,
their tunnel (2) ... (come) up in the nearby courtroom, where they (3) ... (sentence).
All seventy-five prisoners (4) ... (return) to prison immediately by the surprised
judge.
b) Mrs. Redwood, from Port Headland in Australia, (5) ... (attack) by a burglar while
she (6) ... (talk) on the phone to her brother in Leeds, England. Her brother (7) ...
(hear) strange noises, and (8) ... (phone) his local police station in Leeds. The Port
Headland police (9) ... (contact) immediately, and an officer (10) ... (send) to Mrs.
Redwood's house. The woman (11) ... (rescue) just eighteen minutes after the attack
(12) ... (happen).
ответ:а) 1. spent
2. came
3. sentenced
4. returned
b) 5. was attacked
6. was talking
7. heard
8. phoned
9. contacted
10. sent
11. rescued
12. happened
Объяснение: