Activity 12

Activity 12
Vocabulary 12
1 Complete with present or past passive

1 All the singer’s clothes _________ specially for her (make)
2 The grass _______________ every month ( cut)
3 Australia ___________ by captain Cook in 1770 ( discover)
4 This morning I ____________ up by the neighbour’s dog ( wake)
5 Cricket _________________ in the summer in the UK ( play)
6 These songs _____________ last year (record)
7 Most children _____________ in state schools ( educate)
2 Complete the sentences with the correct phrase with get.

Example: Alison’s main way of communicating is via her computer. She usually gets
hundreds of emails a day.
1 He got _________ late this morning and was late for work.
2 The only way to get _________ is to do exercise.
3 They decided to get _________ in the church in their grandmother’s village.
4 He got very _________ after the accident. He started shouting and his face went bright red.
5 I love getting _________ in the post but it doesn’t happen very often now. All my friends
use email.
6 David got _________ as a management consultant last year. He’s doing very well.
7 We got _________ in the city centre. We finally found the hotel after an hour and a half.
8 I couldn’t get a taxi on Saturday night so I waited for a bus. I got _________ really late
and Dad was very angry.
3 Rewrite the sentences in the present or past passive.

Example: Van Gogh painted this picture of sunflowers.
This picture of sunflowers was painted by Van Gogh.
1 A girl from our class won the competition.
The competition _________________.
2 My father built this house 20 years ago.
This house _________________.
3 Pierce Brosnan played the part of James Bond.
The part of James Bond _________________.
4 Shakespeare didn’t write War and Peace!
War and Peace _________________.
5 Our school prefers modern teaching methods.
Modern teaching methods _________________.
6 Pollution harms the environment.
The environment _________________.
Listening
7.1 listen and answer the questions
1. What’s the medical name of his phobia?
2. How long has he had his phobia?
3. How did it start?
4. Does his phobia affect his work?
5. What treatment is he having?
6. Does he think his phobia will disappear?
7.14 listen and mark sentences True (T) or False (f)
1. Allie’s feeling worse
2. Mark thinks Allie might get cold
3. They’re going to get a taxi to the bay
4. Allie wants to be at the hotel again at 1.00 p.m
5. She’s expecting an important visitor
7.17 Listen and answer the questions
1. Does allie prefer san fransisco to London?
2. Does she think she could live there?
3. What did the building on Alcatraz use to be?
4. What’s the weather like?
5. What does Mark ask the boatman to do?
7.19 Listen and choose the correct variant
1. How long has Matt lived in Glasgow?
A since he was at university b for six months c for two years
2. John’s sister ______ married
A is B .is going to get C was
3. He started running _________
A a few years ago b at school c a few days ago
4. What’s her favourite subject?
A Geography B Literature C Maths
5. When was the white tower completed
A in the 17th century b in 1068 c in 1285
READING
IN 1952, Audrey Hepburn was in Rome, making the film Roman Holiday with Gregory Peck.
She was engaged to James Hanson, a London ‘playboy’, and she asked a famous Italian designer,
Zoe Fontana, to make her a dress for the wedding.
Signora Fontana said, ‘Audrey was 23. She was so young and so beautiful then. She tried the
dress on many times. It was in white lace, with a lot of tiny buttons down the back, and she
wanted to wear flowers on her head.’
But two weeks before the wedding, Audrey Hepburn decided not to get married. She phoned Zoe
Fontana and said, ‘I’ve cancelled the wedding. But I want another girl to wear my wedding
dress, perhaps a poor girl who could never pay for a dress like this one. Find a beautiful girl and
give the dress to her.’
Signors Fontana found a poor 20-year-old girl in Latina, a town near Rome. She was exactly the
same size as Hepburn and the dress fitted her perfectly. Her name was Amabile Altobello.
Signora Altobello said, ‘I wanted to get married, but my fiancé and I didn’t have enough money
for a wedding. When Audrey Hepburn gave me the dress it was like a dream come true.
Everybody in the town was very excited, and they also gave us furniture, and even organized a
honeymoon for us in Paris.’
Today Signora Altobello is over 70 years old but she still has the dress. ‘We are still poor and we
have had a hard life, but we have three daughters and five grandchildren. We have had a happy
marriage, so the dress brought me luck.’
Read the article and mark the sentences T (true), F (false), or DS (doesn’t say).
1. Audrey Hepburn was going to marry a playboy.
2. She wanted to get married in Rome.
3. Her wedding dress was white with flowers on it.
4. Before the wedding she fell in love with another man.
5. She asked Zoe Fontana to give the dress to a friend.
6. Amabile Altobello was the same age as Audrey.
7. The people of Latina also gave her things for her house.
8. She and her husband are still married.

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1 Complete with present or past passive

2 Complete the sentences with the correct phrase with get.

3 Rewrite the sentences in the present or past passive.

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