10. Put the verbs in the correct form of the passive. Then choose the correct information to complete the sentence. If you don’t know, guess!

Past simple passive

1. ‘The Lord of the Rings’ books (write) by J R R Tolkien/C S Lewis/J K Rowling.

‘The Lord of the Rings’ books were written by J R R Tolkien.

2. The ‘Star Wars’ films (direct) by George Lucas/Alfred Hitchcock/Steven Spielberg.

3. The first ‘Harry Potter’ book (publish) in 1977/1987/1997.

4. The most successful film in history, Titanic, (release) in 1992/1997/2002.

Present perfect passive

5. Five/Six/All of the ‘Harry Potter’ books (make) into films.

6. The Bible (translate) into 500/2000/5000 languages and dialects.

7. Over 10 million/80 million/100 million copies of the ‘Lord of Rings’ books (sell) around the world.

11. Compare answers with a partner. Then listen to 4.22 and check.

12. Complete the paragraph about John Lennon’s piano with the past simple passive of the verbs in brackets.

NEWS

A very special piano ¹was used (use) by ex-Beatle john Lennon when he wrote his most famous song Imagine. The Steinway Model Z piano ²___ (make) in Germany. It ³___ (buy) by Lennon in 1970 and it ⁴___ (keep) at his home studio in Berkshire, near London. Lennon played the song to his wife Yoko Ono when the original video for Imagine ⁵___ (record) in 1971. Interest in his music increased after Lennon ⁶___ (murder) by Beatles fan Mark Chapman in New York in 1980.Twenty years after Lennon’s death, the piano ⁷___ (sell) for $ 1.67 m in an online auction in October 2000. It ^8___ (buy) by rock star and Lennon fan George Michael.

13. A Make the sentences negative.

1. This jacket is made of real leather.

This jacket is not made of real leather.

2. This poem was written by Shakespeare.

3. We’re invited to Tom’s party.

4. My friends were injured in the crash.

b Make the sentences into questions.

5. Your dog is called Billy.

Is your dog called Billy?

6. The church was built in the 16^th century.

7. Her books are translated into Spanish.

8. You were taught English by an Australian.

14. Complete the news items by putting the verbs into the present perfect passive.

1. A new album by Scottish group McFlea has been released (release) on the Internet.

2. The President of Italy___ (invite) to Britain to visit the Queen.

3. More than 10,000 new jobs___ (create) this year.

4. A new type of computer___ (invent) by scientists.

5. A new supermarket___ (open) by the mayor.

15. Read Grammar Plus. Then put the words into the correct order to make sentences.

Grammar+Plus Time expressions in passive sentences If you use a time expression (always, never, sometimes, etc.) in a passive sentence, it goes between the verb to be and the past participle: International matches are sometimes played on Saturdays. His last novel was never finished.

1. is/in tourist areas/understood/usually/English

English is usually understood in tourist areas.

2. are/people/bitten/sometimes/by snakes

3. in Italian cooking/tomatoes/used/are/often

4. are/made of/new buildings/steel and glass/often

5. am/by aircraft noise/sometimes/woken up/I

Check yourself!

Word list 2

advert (n) broadcast(n)

cartoon (n) comedy series (n)

cookery programme (n) documentary (n)

episode (n) ingredient (n)

longest-running (adj) news (n)

pepper (n) quiz show (n)

reality show (n) soap opera (n)

sports programme (n) television series (n)

tuna (n) version (n)

viewer (n) weather forecast (n)

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