EXTRA WRITING HIGHER 8

1 Rewrite these active sentences as passive sentences. IMPROVE YOUR WRITING

1 They made the cape of dark grey silk.
2 They made the leather boots in Italy.
3 They use a green screen for the special effects.
Formal style
Strony biernej często używamy wtedy, gdy w sposób
oficjalny opisujemy proces lub przedstawiamy fakty,
nie określając osób. Strony biernej używamy
także w języku nieoficjalnym.

2 Read the exhibit label for a superhero costume. Circle two present simple passives and underline five past simple
passives.

The Atomic Angel costume version #2

The Atomic Angel – also known as AA – first appeared as a comic book superhero in 1972. Her special
abilities are that she can fly and can break things into atoms and then put them back together again.
This is easier to draw in a comic than to show in a film, so a lot of special effects were needed when the
first film was released in 2019.
The first version of her costume was a white silk dress and fantastic wings which were made from real
feathers and took weeks to construct. For the second film (which was released earlier this year), AA
gets to keep her wings, but has a more up-to-date and practical trouser suit, which you can see here.
The suit was created by the famous Italian designer Donatella Fashionista and was the focus of her
show at New York fashion week in September. It is also made of white silk and the boots are made of
white leather from Argentina.

3 Choose a word from each box to make your own superhero character. Now describe their costume for an exhibition
(50–120 words), but don’t say the name of your character. Use at least two present simple passives and two past simple
passives.

amazing atomic awesome scruffy acrobat activist angel scientist
silent strong super skateboarder stranger

4 Swap texts with your partner. Can you guess the name of each other’s character?

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