Quick 04B The Media

1 Active or Passive? Which sentence is more natural? Tick a, b or both.

0a There is gold in her wedding ring. _____

0b Her wedding ring is made of gold. __
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1b This chair was made in the eighteenth century. _____

1a A person in the eighteenth century made this chair. _____

2b The 1665 Great Fire of London was described by Samuel Pepys in his diary. _____

2a Samuel Pepys described the 1665 Great Fire of London in his diary. _____

3b This bracelet is made of silver. _____

3a Somebody used silver to make this bracelet. _____

4b The Statue of Liberty was given to America by the people of France in 1876. _____

4a The people of France gave the Statue of Liberty to America in 1876. _____

5b The Pyramids were built 3,000 years ago. _____

5a Somebody built the Pyramids 3,000 years ago. _____

6b £23,000 has been won by me in the state lottery. _____

6a I've won £23,000 in the state lottery. _____

7b I'm sorry I can't drive you home. My car is being repaired. _____

7a I'm sorry, I can't drive you home. A mechanic is repairing my car. _____

8b The first heart transplant operation was done by Dr Christian Barnard. _____

8a Dr Christian Barnard did the first heart transplant operation. _____

9a Some people in Turkey made this shirt. _____

9b This shirt was made in Turkey. _____

10a One uses Durum wheat to make spaghetti. _____

10b Spaghetti is made from Durum wheat. _____

(10 marks)

2 Complete the multi-part verbs in these sentences.

down	with	from	back
out	on	up	round
out	for	round/up

0 Turn ___down___ the television. I can't hear the telephone.

1 Peter used to go _________ with my girlfriend, Laura.

2 Are you going _________ that job in the newsagents?

3 What time to do you have to turn _________ for work?

4 I banged my head on the desk when I fell down. I didn't come _________ for half an hour.

5 Don't let me interrupt you. Go _________ with your meal.

6 Sorry, you can't speak to my wife. She's gone _________ to the shops.

7 What time are you coming _________ from the party?

8 When she turned _________, I saw the mark on her face.

9 Where do you come _________, Slovakia or the Czech Republic?

10 Take off that orange scarf! It doesn't go _________ your green dress.

(10 marks)

3 Rewrite these sentences with the correct punctuation.

0 last summer mr rossi gave us lessons in Italian

Last summer Mr Rossi gave us lessons in Italian.

1 the interview with michael jackson was on itv at eight o'clock on wednesday

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2 the river thames flows through london from west to east

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3 english is one of the official languages of nato

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4 dr tomkins lives in guildford but works in london

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5 george washington was the first president of the usa

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(10 marks)

4 Rewrite the sentences. Start with the words given.

0 Her portrait was painted by Pablo Picasso.

She _____had her portrait painted by Pablo Picasso._____

1 My teeth were cleaned by the dentist.

I __________________________________________________________________________

2 The tailor is going to lengthen my skirt.

I __________________________________________________________________________

3 Robbie's photograph was taken by a professional photographer.

Robbie _____________________________________________________________________

4 The engineer is repairing her washing machine.

She ________________________________________________________________________

5 The gardener cuts the grass in my mother's garden.

My mother __________________________________________________________________

(10 marks)

5 Rewrite the sentences. Start with the words given.

0 She had her portrait painted by Pablo Picasso.

Her portrait _____was painted by Pablo Picasso._____

1 I paid the plumber to repair my shower.

My shower __________________________________________________________________

2 I'll get my friend George to translate this letter.

This letter __________________________________________________________________

3 The mechanic is checking the brakes on my car.

The brakes on my car _________________________________________________________

4 She had her wedding dress made by a top designer.

Her wedding dress ___________________________________________________________

5 Mrs Lawson usually collects Sheila's children from school.

Sheila's children _____________________________________________________________

(10 marks)

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