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Language Focus

5 Work with a partner.
Read the sentences, and then underline the correct option to answer each question below.

a The painting is called Sunflowers.
b David was made in Italy.

c American Gothic and Puppy were made by Americans.
d Sunflowers was bought for $40 million.

1 Does sentence a mention who calls the painting Sunflowers?.. yes / no

2 Does sentence b mention who made David?........................... yes / no
3 Does sentence d mention who bought the picture?................. yes / no
4 In all the sentences, which is more important?......................... the works of art / the people

We can use passive forms when we don’t know With passive forms, we change be to form
or we aren’t really interested in who does the tense.
an action.
Puppy is made of flowers. (present simple)

be (not) + past participle Puppy was made in 1992. (past simple)

These sculptures are made of marble. They Questions and short answers
aren’t made of fl owers.
When was the Mona Lisa painted?
That sculpture is called Puppy. It isn’t
Who was it bought by?
called David.
Were they made in Italy?
Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t.
For regular verbs, the past participle Is it made of plastic?
looks the same as the past form. Yes, it is. / No, it isn’t.

call called called If we want to mention who does the action we
use by.

There is a list of common irregular verbs David was made by Michelangelo.
on page 115.

Practice

6 Use be (not) and a verb from the box in the correct form to complete the sentences below.
Use each word only once.

allow build hurt make paint steal wake

a She fell down, but it’s OK. She wasn·t hurt . d My camera is in my bag. we
to take photographs?
b When this house ?

e My bicycle .
c All my shoes are Italian. The best shoes
in Italy. f I up by a loud noise.

g Where this picture ?

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