Unit 6 Grammar
The passive
1 Correct any errors in the verbs in bold. Some
verbs are correct.
A staycation is a holiday you have in your own
country, usually without leaving your own home. It
is also know known as a holistay. The term
staycation (1) has first used _________________
in America during the financial crisis that began in
2007. Foreign holidays (2) were being
_________________ too expensive for people at
that time, so they chose to spend their vacation at
home doing fun things instead. Visiting local tourist
sites, going to the beach, hiking and horse-riding
(3) are _____________ all popular staycation
activities. Eating out rather than cooking at home
(4) is also consider _______________________
to be an important part of a staycation. The word
‘staycation’ (5) was create ___________________
from the two words: ‘stay’ and ‘vacation’. It (6) may
be not know ____________________ exactly who
said it first, but it (7) officially added ___________
____________________ to the Merriam-Webster
dictionary in 2009 and (8) is now considered to be
________________________________ a part of
the English language. Other similar terms which
(9) are been invented ______________________
include ‘nearcation’ and ‘naycation’.
2 Rewrite the sentences in the passive. Omit the
agent (by) if possible. You may have to change
nouns to verbs.
1 A new airport opened in 2017.
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2 People have redefined what a ‘holiday’ means.
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3 People often see eating out as a luxury unless
they are on holiday.
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4 People can lower their carbon footprints by
staying at home for their holidays.
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5 Analysts will record the staycationing trend over
the next ten years.
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The causative
3 Complete the sentences. Use the causative form
with have or get.
Sorry I didn’t reply to your email earlier. I was in
the art shop, having my holiday photos printed.
(print / holiday photos)
1 I ___________________________ (the photos /
frame) for my Mum and Dad as a present.
2 Sorry, I can't meet up with you this afternoon, as
I _____________________________________
(scooter / fix).
3 I _____________________________________
(my dog’s passport / renew) yesterday.
4 I might need to __________________________
(my photo / take) tomorrow.
Consolidate
4 Translate the paragraph into your own language.
I should never have decided to take the local bus in
Gambia. It must have left early because when I got
there it was gone. I can't have got the time wrong
because loads of Gambians were waiting for it too.
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5 Write the conversation as reported speech.
What’s Egypt like? I’ve never been there.
Sara
I was there last year. I really liked it.
I’m going again next year – you should
come with me.
David
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