O’zbekiston respublikasi ichki ishlar vazirligi akademiya m. A. Rustamov ingliz tili darslik

U N I T S E V E N 
 
Grammar: 1.Participle II (past participle). 2.Passive 
voice 1.  
Text: The State Structure of the Republic of 
Uzbekistan.
Conversational practice: In the restaurant/cafe/bar. 
Participle II (past participle) 
Past participle of regular verbs are the present form + -ed or -d: 
visit 
wait 
wash
work 
walk 
+ ed 
visited 
waited 
washed 
worked 
walked 
vote 
translate 
like 
love 
examine 
+ d 
voted 
translated 
liked 
loved 
examined 
Spelling: 
study – studied 
try – tried 
marry – married 
copy – copied 
stop – stopped 
commit – committed 
prefer – preferred 
but happen – happened 
enjoy – enjoyed 
play – played 
betray – betrayed 
stay – stayed 
The past participle of irregular verbs is sometimes the same as the 
past simple and sometimes different: 
the same: 
buy – bought
cost – cost
lend – lent
bring – brought
cut – cut
send – sent
fight – fought
put – put
spend – spent  
leave – left 
meet – met 
pay – paid 
 
different: 
break - broke - broken
steal - stole - stolen 
take - took - taken
run - ran - run 
know - knew - known 
go - went - gone 
The past participle is often used:
before a noun: 
broken bottles disturbed crowd lost child stolen property 

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• The inspector found out a broken bottle under the table. 
• The disturbed crowd began to shout. 
 
after a noun: 
• Any mark found at the crime scene must be recorded and 
preserved. 
• Any measures taken to preserve a mark should be made very 
carefully.
 
after be: (passive) 
• The people were disturbed. 
• His car was stolen two weeks ago. 
 
as an objective complement: 
• The doctor declared the criminal disturbed. 
• He found his computer broken. 
 
with very: 
• She was very interested in this case. 
• The children were very tired after the classes.
 
Passive Voice (1) 
Compare active and passive: 
active passive
present 
simple 
Somebody cleans the office 
every day. 
The office is cleaned every 
day. 
past 
simple 
Somebody cleaned the office 
yesterday. 
The office was cleaned 
yesterday. 
future 
simple 
Somebody will clean the 
office tomorrow. 
The office will be cleaned 
tomorrow. 
The passive is: 
past participle 
present simple 
past simple 
future simple 
am / is / are
. 
was / were 
shall be / will be 
(not) +
.
cleaned done 
invited built 
arrested bought 
written stolen 

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• The new Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan was 
adopted on 
• 
December 8, 1992.
• The thief was arrested last night. 
• The crimes committed against personal property are heard by 
the district court. 
• I am never invited to parties. 
• ‘Was anybody injured in the accident?’ ‘Yes, two people were 
taken
to hospital.’ 
EXERCISES 
 
7.1.  Write the past participle of these verbs:
1. to learn
learned OR learnt
3. to interrogate ……………. 
4. to find ................................. 
5. to collect ............................. 
6. to inspect .............................
2. to protect ...........................
7. to apprehend ...................... 
8. to close .............................. 
9. to locate ............................ 
10. to open ............................. 
 
7.2. Read and translate the sentences.
1. The topics discussed at the lessons are always interesting.
2. The article discussed at the seminar yesterday dealt with 
criminality.
3. The exercise done by the student was difficult.
4. The cup broken by the boy was on the floor.
5. She looked surprised.
6. I received a letter written by my friend.
7. United Kingdom doesn’t have its written constitution. 
8. The discussed report was about the duties of the citizens of our 
country.
9. All the demonstrated films were interesting.
10. The students trained at the Academy of the Ministry of Internal 
Affairs study law.
11. The subjects taught at this Academy are very important for the 
students. 
12. When asked about the history of the establishment of our 
Academy, he told us many interesting things. 

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13. When invited by his friends to see a new exhibition, he 
thanked them. 
7.3. Write sentences from the words in brackets.
1.(the work / carry out / operative workers / difficult) The work 
carried out by the operative workers is difficult. 
2.(the article / translate / students / interesting) .............................. 
3.(the evidence / collect / the investigator / very important) ......... 
4.(the film / show / on television / last night / not interesting) ....... 
5.(the letter / write / my parents / on the table / this morning) ...... 
6.(the book / read / you / interesting) ............................................. 
7.4. Write the sentences in the passive.
1. They asked me my name and address.
I was asked my name 
and address.
2. The student translated the text. ................................................... 
3. The operative workers must detect a criminal. ........................... 
4. This investigator can solve the crime. ........................................ 
5. Somebody told us a funny story. ................................................. 
6. The judge will give him a fair trial. ............................................ 
7. The teacher didn’t ask him any question. ................................... 
8. The guide will show the tourists the sights of Tashkent. ............