Страдательный залог (Passive Voice). Страдательный залог показывает, что предмет или лицо, являющееся подлежащим, подвергается действию, а не само его совершает

Страдательный залог показывает, что предмет или лицо, являющееся подлежащим, подвергается действию, а не само его совершает.

Таблица 4 – Времена Indefinite, Continuous и Perfect Passive

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1. England is separated from Scotland by the Cheviot Hills, running from east to west. 2. The famous Egyptian pyramids at Giza were being built for more then forty years. 3. Coal, oil, peat, etc., were all formed as the result of evolution. 4. Since primitive ages, men have been fascinated by the sun, the moon, stars and their ceaseless movements. 5. India is bordered on the North by China and Nepal, on the east by Bangladesh and Burma, on the north-west by Pakistan and Afghanistan. 6. Ptolemy’s conception of the universe was built around the notion that the earth

was a fixed, inert immovable mass, located at the center of the universe, and all celestial bodies, including the sun and the stars, revolved around it. 7. Weather changes are often caused by cyclones and anticyclones. 8. Australia as a landmass has been isolated from the rest of the world for million years and has animals and plants found nowhere else.