Енглески језик 8, уџбеник, старо издање, Нови Логос

LANGUAGE FOCUS
I can use the passive to talk about products.
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Passive: past, present and future
1 Study the sentences from the listening on page
52. Which of these sentences refers to the
past, present and future? Which part of the
sentence changes?
1 A lot of chemicals are used when jeans are
produced.
2 The article was written to shock people.
3 In the future, old clothes won’t be thrown
away.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct
passive form of the verb in brackets.
1 190 million items of clothing each year.
(throw away)
2 More clothes from the Far East in the
next five years. (import)
3 Most of the cotton which in the fashion
industry organically. (use, not grow)
4 The first platform boots in the sixteenth
century and ‘chopines’. (wear, call)
5 Roman clothing in different sizes, it
together. (not make, tie)
6 In a few years’ time, new fabric which
can generate power for your mp3 player
using thermal energy. (develop)
3 2.25 Complete the text. Use past, present
and future passive forms. Then listen and check.
Famous clothes
Special clothes are often
made (make) for films.
These clothes 1 (create)
by costume designers, who
find out what clothes 2
(wear) in different periods
of history.
After the clothes 3 (wear)
by the actors, they 4
(usually / keep) by the
studios. Occasionally, however,
er,
they 5 (sell) at auctions.
This jacket, for example, e, 6
(wear) by actor Johnny Depp
p
in Pirates of the Caribbean. bean.
It 7 (sell) for £12,367.
If you want to wear your favourite star’s
clothes, then search the internet, as more
clothes 8 (auction) in charity sales. These
sales 9 (often / advertise) online.
Passive: questions
4 Study the sentences from page 52 and answer
questions 1 and 2.
a How much are workers in the clothes
industry paid?
b Why was Stella invited to the interview?
c Will more clothes be recycled in the future?
1 Which of these questions refers to the …
a past? b present? c future?
2 Where do we put be in questions in the
future form?
More practice Workbook page 43
5 Order the words to make passive questions.
Then ask and answer with a partner.
1 manufactured / in your region / are / what
products / ?
2 when / built / was / your house / ?
3 students / will / taught / be / in the future /
by robots / ?
4 was / who / this book / by / written / ?
5 when / miniskirts / worn / first / were / ?
6 what / be / new gadgets / invented / 2030 /
will / in / ?
6 ACTIVATE Work in pairs. Imagine that you own
a company that makes one of the products
in the box. Complete questions 1–6 using
the passive and prepare answers about your
company and your product. Then find another
pair and interview them to find out about
their company.
clothes electronic gadgets cars
1 What your product ? (call)
2 Who (your product) by? (design)
3 Where it ? (sell)
4 Where it ? (advertise)
5 Which famous people (your product)
by? (wear / use / drive)
6 Where it ? (produce)
7 Where (your product) to in the
future? (export)
Finished?
Design a leaflet to advertise your company in
exercise 6. Write a paragraph describing your
product. Include passive sentences.
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