LANGUAGE FOCUS AND VOCABULARY • Unit 8

Present and past passive: affirmative 3 How often (be) the school reports
and negative written?
Past
1 Choose the correct words.
4 Where was this picture (take)?
This film was made / making in Africa. 5 When (be) this book sold for the
1 Titanic was directed by / from James Cameron. first time?
2 Agatha Christie’s detective stories are 6 Where (be) these old photos
read / reading all over the world. found?
3 Five pages was / were removed from this book.
4 Ernest Hemingway was / is awarded the Nobel
Prize for The Old Man and the Sea in 1954.
Film and book genres
5 The pictures in Alice in Wonderland were / is 4 Choose the correct words.
drawn by John Tenniel.
6 The Lord of the Rings was written / wrote by
J.R.R. Tolkien.

2 Complete the passive sentences with the

missing words.
The restaurant serves soup every Monday. a drama / 1 a horror film /
Soup is served by the restaurant a fantasy a comedy
every Monday.
Someone didn’t send the letter on time.
The letter wasn’t sent on time.
1 Thousands of people use this app.
This app is used by .
2 The mechanic didn’t repair my bike yesterday.
My bike repaired yesterday.
2 a musical / 3 a thriller /
3 Someone delivered your package at 5.00 p.m.
a graphic novel a romance
Your package delivered at
5.00 p.m.
4 They usually water the flowers in the park in
the morning.
The flowers in the park
usually watered in the morning.
5 My grandpa wore this watch when he was at
school. 4 a mystery / 5 a crime novel /
This watch was by my an adventure film a fantasy
grandpa when he was at school.
6 A lot of people in our town don’t recycle plastic. Films and books: verbs and nouns
Plastic recycled by a lot of
people in our town. 5 Tick (✓) the words that describe people.
actor ✓ 6 award
Present and past passive: questions 1 act 7 nominate
2 star 8 adaptation
3 Complete the questions using the present, past
3 adapt 9 director
or past participle form of the verb in brackets.
4 direct 10 winner
Present
1 What time (be) Cathy woken up 5 writer
in the morning?
2 In what countries is English
(speak)?

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