verbs often used in the passive

Q U IC K REVIEW In v ita tio n s and m aking a rra n g e m e n ts Im agine you are having a p a rty next w eek. D ecide on the day and tim e. Invite oth e r stu d e n ts to yo ur party. H ow m any people can com e?

Speaking and Reading

U Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. 1 What were the last three things you bought (not food or drink)? Where did you buy them? 2 Have you (or people you know) ever bought or sold anything on websites like eBay? If so, what was it? a Read the article and answer these questions. 1 What is ‘memorabilia’? 2 Whose memorabilia is very valuable? 3 How much did someone pay for John Lennon’s piano? 4 Do people always pay a lot for items of memorabilia? b Read about the items of memorabilia in the photos. Then try to fill in gaps 1-6 with these prices.

£15,000 £154,492 £250,000 £650,000 £631,871 £2,600,000

c Work in pairs. Compare answers, d Listen and check.

The memorabilia business

This glove was worn by Michael Jackson in 1983 when he first 'moonwalked' It was sold in New York in 2009 fo r1

A lot of people collect things that were ow ned or signed by fam ous m usicians, film stars and sportsm en an d w om en. M em orabilia is big business and tho usan ds of item s are bo u g h t and sold every day.

Beatles m em orabilia is extrem ely valuable and is collected by fans all over the w orld. In 2000 Jo h n L enn on’s w hite piano was sold for £140,000. It w as b o u g h t by the singer, George M ichael. T hen in 2010 the h an d w ritten lyrics of a Beaties’ song, A Day in the Life’, were b o u g h t in the USA for £810,000.

But n o t all m em orabilia is expensive. You can buy autographs of fam ous footballers like Pele for ab o u t £100. You can even get David B eckham ’s autog raph for as little as £5 on eBay - b u t d o n ’t forget that you have to pay the postage!

The first ever Batman story was in this 1939 comic. The comic was sold for in February 2010. The previous record for a comic was ■ That was for a 1938 Action Comic with the first ever Superman story.

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This poster was designed for the classic 1933 film King Kong and it was sold in New York in 1997 for5

First edition Harry Potter boo are

now very valuable, particularly rf L w ere signed by the author JK Rowling. A signed first edition copy of a Harry Potter book was sold ^o r 6 in February 2010-

U a Work in new pairs. Cover the article. Try to answer these questions. 1 Who was John Lennon’s piano bought by? 2 How much were the Beatles lyrics sold for? 3 When was Michael Jackson’s glove sold? 4 Who was the Aston Martin driven by? 5 Who was the Harry Potter book signed by? b Read the article again. Check your answers.

HELP WITH GRAMMAR Present Simple passive; Past Simple passive a Look at these sentences. Then answer questions 1-4.

active

passive Michael Jackson wore this glove. This glove was worn by

Michael Jackson.

1 What is the object of the active sentence? 2 What is the subject of the passive sentence? 3 In which sentence is the focus on: the glove?

Michael Jackson? 4 In which sentence do we use by to say who did the action (the agent)? b Look at this sentence. Then choose the correct words in the rule. A signed first edition copy o f a Harry Potter book was sold for £15,000. • We often use the passive when we know/ don’t know who did the action. c Fill in the gaps with past participle, are and were. How do we make negatives in the passive? • To make the Present Simple passive we use: subject + am, is or _ + _ • To make the Past Simple passive we use: subject + was or _ + _ d Look at the questions in 3a. How do we make questions in the passive? e Check in E3JEEQ3BSK p148.

H QZSh14 PRONUNCIATION Listen and practise.

Copy the stress. • ® • Thousands o f items are bought and sold every day.

§ ] a Read the article again and underline all the passive verb forms. Which are in the

Present Simple passive? Which are in the

Past Simple passive? b Work in pairs. Compare answers. H a Read about eBay. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct active or passive form.

Pierre Omidyar1 started (start) eBay in his apartment in 1 9 9 5 . At that time his website 2 (call) AuctionWeb, but he 3 (change) the name to eBay in 1 9 9 7 . On its first day AuctionWeb 4 (not visit) by a single person. But now eBay 5 (use) by over 1 3 5 million people and they6 (spend) about $8 5 , 0 0 0 a minute. In a typical year over 2 million items 7 (list) on eBay and about 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 people (make) their living just by

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selling things on the website. People sometimes 9 (buy) o r 10 (sell) very strange things. One person 11 (pay) $ 5 1 4 for a piece of chewing gum th a t12 (chew) by Britney Spears. Another person put a Russian submarine on eBay for $1 . 0 5 million, but nobody 13 (buy) it. And an Australian even 14 (try) to sell New Zealand!

b Work in pairs. Compare answers. Which information about eBay do you think is the most surprising?

Vocabulary and Speaking

Verbs often used in the passive a Tick the verbs you know. Check new verbs in m m i m m w

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write manufacture publish invent paint grow direct build make

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b Work in pairs. Think of two nouns you can use with each verb.

a Fill in the gaps with the correct passive form of the verbs in 8a. Then complete the sentences to make them true for you.

My favourite book by

My mobile phone in

My favourite film by

My house/flat about ago.

My favourite shoes in

Compare sentences with a partner. Are any the same?

Get ready ... Get it right!

U2 Work in two groups. Group A p103. Group B p109.