Exercise 1
Practice in using the Passive Voice. Change the following statements into their passive equivalents.
Example 1. They know Tokyo is a huge city.
It is known that Tokyo is a huge city.

1. They believe doctors are always ready to help people who are ill. 2. Everyone expects the new discovery will bring positive results. 3. People say that New York was discovered by an Italian navigators. 4. They say
that according to Russian tradition honored guests are welcomed with bread and salt.

Example 2. They offered me a cup of tea.
I was offered a cup of tea. A cup of tea was offered to me.

1. They gave me a form to fill in. 2. They granted me a visa. 3. We’ll offer him by all means. 4. He has just told us a very amusing story.

dear mom and dad.mom, dad i come home late, because i went to celebrate the birthday of my friend. don't worry i will come home at 11 p.m.

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hippies in the 1960s and 1970s a hippy was a person who opposed the normal standards of society. hippies wore unusual clothes. girls, for example, often wore indian-style silk dresses and both men and women usually had long hair. they lived in groups together,often in places in the countryside. hippies believed in peace. a lot of hippies in the us and europe went on marches to protest against the vietnam war. when the hippy movement started in the us, especially in california, young people showed their peaceful feelings by wearing flowers in their hair. for this reason, they were also called flower people of flower children. hippies listened to rock music. they enjoyed the songs of bob dylan and it was at this time that the beatles wrote songs like `give peace a chance` and `all you need is love`.

1)last saturday i visit my grandparents. -в прошлую субботу я навестил своих бабушку и дедушку.   2)my parents swept the paths in the garden.- мои родители подметали дорожки в саду.   3)we cooked a wonderful dinner. - мы готовили удивительный обед. 4)on sundays we usually clean our house.- в воскресенье мы обычно убираемся в нашем доме.

люблю россию, служил на благо россии в дальних её регтонах. люблю за то, что это моя родина, родина моих родителей. мой дедушки проливали кровь за родину, что в царские времена, что в советские. родина- наша мать. родная земля, да здесь воздух другой природа краше которой нет на всем белом свете. как-то жил я месяц в италии все хорошо, но дома лучше во сто крат. никогда, не при каких обстоятельствах, не уеду из россии. а потому что за границей хорошо отдыхать, а жить и работать лучше на родине. здесь похоронены мои предки, здесь мои родственики живут. здесь родился мой ребенок. ради чего уезжать за границу? мои корни в россии, а политический строй сменится другим, а потом другим и т.д.