Rewrite the active sentences as passive sentences.
1 What can people do to prevent fake news being believed?
What can be done to prevent fake news being believed?
2 The lifeguards had already rescued them by the time we arrived.
They ...
3 The press tried to interview the survivors, but they refused.
The survivors refused ...
4 People all over the world were following the story.
The story ...
5 We hope that people will continue to tell this story.
We hope that ...
6 No one rescued the boys until a year after they were marooned.
The boys ...
7 Psychologists are carrying out some research into how people behave in survival situations.
Some research ...
8 He doesn't like it when people ask him about the time he got lost up a mountain.
He doesn't like ...
Пункт
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Past Perfect в пассиве: had + been + V
. Дополнение them становится подлежащим they: They had already been rescued by the lifeguards by the time we arrived. -
Глагол refused относится к подлежащему the survivors, поэтому дальше идёт пассив от to interview: The survivors refused to be interviewed by the press. Это пассивный инфинитив to be + V
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Past Continuous в пассиве: was/were + being + V
. Подлежащее story единственного числа, значит was: The story was being followed by people all over the world. -
Future Simple в пассиве: will + be + V
. Для продолжения подходит will continue to be told: We hope that this story will continue to be told. -
Past Simple в пассиве: was/were + V
. The boys were not rescued until a year after they were marooned. Здесь отрицание no one заменяется на not, так как в пассиве подлежащее другое. -
Present Continuous в пассиве: am/is/are + being + V
. Подлежащее research единственного числа, значит is: Some research is being carried out by psychologists into how people behave in survival situations. -
После doesn't like нужен герундий в пассиве: being + V
. He doesn't like being asked about the time he got lost up a mountain.
Пассив образуется как be + V
