Question

Помогите выбрать из текста предложения: 1. The Present Perfect Passive 2. The Present Perfect Active 3. The Present Simple Passive There is nothing quite like Stonehenge anywhere in the world and for 5000 years it has drawn visitors to it. We shall never know why hundreds of people struggled over thousands of years to build this monument, but visitors from all over the world come to marvel at this amazing feat of engineering. Before Stonehenge was built thousands of years ago, the whole of Salisbury Plain was a forest of towering pines and hazel woodland. Over centuries the landscape changed to open chalk lowland. What you see today is less than half of the original monument, some of the stones have fallen down, others have been carried away to be used for building or to repair farm tracks and over centuries visitors have added their damage too. It was quite normal to hire a hammer from the blacksmith in Amesbury and come to Stonehenge to chip bits off. It’s thought that the name Stonehenge originates from the Anglo-Saxon period — the old English word ‘henge’ meaning hanging.

Answer 1

 There is nothing quite like Stonehenge anywhere in the world and for 5000 years it has drawn (2. The Present Perfect Active) visitors to it.
What you see today is less than half of the original monument, some of the stones have fallen (2. The Present Perfect Active) down, others have been carried (1. The Present Perfect Passive) away to be used for building or to repair farm tracks and over centuries visitors have added (2. The Present Perfect Active) their damage too. It’s thought (3. The Present Simple Passive) that the name Stonehenge originates from the Anglo-Saxon period — the old English word ‘henge’ meaning hanging.

Answer 2

To help you choose the correct sentences from the given text, let's examine each option and determine if it accurately describes the structure and tense used in the sentences:

1. The Present Perfect Passive: This tense is used to describe an action that started in the past and is still relevant in the present. It typically follows the structure "have/has + been + past participle."

2. The Present Perfect Active: This tense is used to describe an action that started in the past and is still relevant in the present. It typically follows the structure "have/has + past participle."

3. The Present Simple Passive: This tense is used to describe general truths, habits, or permanent situations. It typically follows the structure "am/are/is + past participle."

Now, let's analyze the sentences from the given text:

1. "There is nothing quite like Stonehenge anywhere in the world and for 5000 years it has drawn visitors to it." - This sentence uses the Present Perfect Active tense, as it describes an action (Stonehenge drawing visitors) that started in the past and is still relevant in the present.

2. "We shall never know why hundreds of people struggled over thousands of years to build this monument, but visitors from all over the world come to marvel at this amazing feat of engineering." - This sentence does not fit any of the given tenses. It uses future tense ("shall never know") and present tense ("visitors from all over the world come").

3. "Before Stonehenge was built thousands of years ago, the whole of Salisbury Plain was a forest of towering pines and hazel woodland." - This sentence uses the Past Simple Passive tense, as it describes a past action (Stonehenge being built) with the structure "was + past participle."

4. "Over centuries, the landscape changed to open chalk lowland." - This sentence does not fit any of the given tenses. It uses past tense ("changed") but does not follow the structure of any of the given tenses.

Based on the analysis, the correct sentences that match the given options are:

1. The Present Perfect Active: "There is nothing quite like Stonehenge anywhere in the world and for 5000 years it has drawn visitors to it."

3. The Present Simple Passive: "Before Stonehenge was built thousands of years ago, the whole of Salisbury Plain was a forest of towering pines and hazel woodland."

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