Workbook exercises - talking about the arts and the passive

1. Complete the sentences with the passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the correct tense. 1. Romeo and Juliet was probably written between 1591 and 1595. (write)2. "Have these glasses been washed?" - "No, they haven't." (wash)3. He told me that the show had been cancelled two days before. (cancel)4. I'm sharing my sister's bedroom because mine is being decorated at the moment. (decorate)5. I walked into the office while a job applicant was being interviewed. (interview)6. The exam results will be sent by post next week. (send)7. "What language is spoken in Hong Kong?" - "Cantonese" (speak) 2. Complete the text with passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the correct tense. Until 2004, composer Mamoru Samuragochi 1. was known (know) as "Japan's Beethoven". He is most famous for his Hiroshima Symphony No. 1, which 2. was composed (compose) in 2003 in memory of the people who 3. were killed (kill) by the atomic bomb in 1945. It 4. was performed (perform) for the first time in 2008 in front of many of the world's most important politicians. But Samuragochi now admits that this piece and many others 5. weren't in fact written (not write) by him, but by another musician. The real composer of the musician's works 6. hasn't yet been named (not name), but a man called Takahashi Niigaki recently claimed to have written them. Although a talented composer, it is sad that in the future Samuragochi 7. will be remembered (remember) as a fraud. 3. Write passive sentences with by. 1. Leonardo da Vinci paintedMona Lisa. 2. A group of young men will perform the dance. 3. The Queen has opened a new art gallery. 4. JJ Abrams directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens. 5. In The Theory of Everything,Eddie Redmayne plays the role of Stephen Hawking. 4. Make the active sentences passive. Use modal verbs. Don't useby + agent. Ex. 1. You shouldn't eat those mushrooms. Those mushrooms shouldn't be eaten. 2. They might have cancelled the concert. 3. You can often see foxes in my garden. 4. We mustn't use mobiles during lessons. 5. You have to write your name in capital letters. 6. You can't trust Toby! 7. We must hand in homework on time. 8. You should leave dirty shoes by the door. 5. Write the art forms. Use the vocabulary from the ex.1., p. 74. in your student's book. ballet classical music dance mime poem cartoon drawing musical novel opera painting play pop music sculpture sitcom 6. Listen to three speakers talking about art forms that they study. Match speakers 1 - 3 with sentences A-D. There is one extra sentence.(Onu viška isto spojite s pravokutnikom gdje su crte.) Which speaker.... A - already earns some money from his/ her artistic skills? Speaker 3 B - describes an old and a new artistic skill that have a connection with each other? Speaker 2 C - wants to experiment with different performance ideas in his/ her chosen art form? Speaker 1 D - says that his art form is not appreciated by many people? ----------------- 7. Complete the sentences with the words given. Then listen again and check. choreograph perform carving create sing compose