The Sydney Opera house

In 1957 the the city of Sydney, in southern Australia, (1) (organise) a competition to design an arts building on the edge of Sydney Harbour. Jorn Utzon, a Danish architect, 2) (produce) a design of a building that (3) (look) like white sails or shells. His design was chosen by the judges.

The Sydney Opera House (4) (build) after more than sixteen years of planning. It then (5) (take ) fourteen years to complete. This exciting new building (6) (make) of ten 'sails' or 'shells'. The tallest shell was 66 metres, which was higher than the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Each shell (7) (cover) with white tiles of different sizes. All in all, more than 1,056,000 Swedish tiles
(8) (use).

The building (9) (pay for) by a special lottery and it ( 10) (open) in 1973 by Queen Elizabeth II. It (11) (visit) by thousands of people every year.

Ex.28. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (past, present or future passive).

Take a look around. How many people in this room are wearing Nike? A large percentage of the training shoes sold in the world during the next year (1) (make) by the American company, from Oregon in the USA, which is now the world's biggest sportswear manufacturer. The company (2)(name) after the Greek goddess of victory, and (3) (start) in the early 1970s.

Nike (4)(know) for its clever advertising, using the world's best-known sportsmen. In the 1980s, tennis star, John McEnroe, (5) (sponsor) by the company, and in the eighties and nineties the basketball star, Michael Jordan, (6(ask) to appear in adverts. In 1997, a $40 million contract (7) (sign) with golf star Tiger Woods. He (8) (associate) with Nike until the year 2010!

The famous Nike tick (9)(recognise) all over the world nowadays. It (10) (create) by a designer in Oregon in 1971, and he (11) (pay) just $35 for his idea.

TESTS

Your Test 1
I variant
Начало формы

A) Make correct passive forms. Mind the tenses in brackets.
Example: the car - to produce (Simple Present)
the car is produced

1) posters - to make (Simple Present)

2) computer games - to buy (Simple Present)

3) skateboards - to ride (Simple Past)

4) films - to watch (Simple Present)

5) stories - to tell (Simple Present)

B) Are the sentences written in Active or Passive voice?

1) These cars are produced in Italy.
Active voice
Passive voice
2) Bingo is played in Britain.
Active voice
Passive voice
3) They often read e-mails.
Active voice
Passive voice
4) They are listening to their music.
Active voice
Passive voice
5) He lost his keys yesterday.
Active voice
Passive voice

Your Test 1

II variant

Начало формы

A) Rewrite the sentences in Active voice.
Example: Letters were written by the students.
The students wrote letters.

1) The exercise is completed by the teacher.

2) This book was written by an Irishman.

3) The club was founded by Ron and Peggy.

B) Are the sentences written in Active or Passive voice?

1) Lots of houses were destroyed.
Active voice
Passive voice
2) He lost his keys yesterday.
Active voice
Passive voice
3) The bus driver was hurt.
Active voice
Passive voice

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