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a Work in new pairs. Cover the article. Try to a Read about eBay. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct
answer these questions. active or passive form.
1 Who was John Lennon's piano bought by?
www.allaboutebay.com
2 How much were the Beatles lyrics sold for?
3 When was Michael Jackson's glove sold? Pierre Omidyar 1 started (startl eBay in his apartment
4 Who was the Aston Martin driven by? in 1995. At that time his website 2 (call)
5 Who was the Harry Potter book signed by? AuctionWeb, but he 3 (change I the
name to eBay in 1997. On its first day AuctionWeb
b Read the article again. Check your answers.
4 (not visit) by a single person. But now
eBay s (use I by over 135 million people
• HELP WITH GRAMMAR Present Simple
• and they 6 (spend I about $85,000 a
• passive; Past Simple passive
• minute. In a typical year over 2 million items
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a Look at these sentences. Then answer 7 (list) on eBay and about 500,000
questions 1-4. people 8 (make I their living just by
selling things on the website. People sometimes
active Michael Jackson wore this glove. 9 (buy) or 10 _ _ (sell) very
This glove was worn by strange things. One person 11 (pay) $514
passive 12
Michael Jackson. for a piece of chewing gum that (chew)
by Britney Spears. Another person put a Russian
1 What is the object of the active sentence? submarine on eBay for $i.05 million, but nobody

2 What is the subject of the passive sentence? 13 (buy) it. And an
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3 In which sentence is the focus on: the glove? Australian even 4 ____
Michael Jackson? (try) to sell New Zealand!
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• 4 In which sentence do we use by to say who did
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• the action (the agent)?
• b Work in pairs. Compare answers. Which information
• b Look at this sentence. Then choose the
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• about eBay do you think is the most surprising?
• correct words in the rule . www.english0905.com
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: A signed first edition copy of a Harry Potter book Vocabulary and Speaking
• was sold for £15,000 .
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• Verbs often used in the passive
• • We often use the passive when we know/
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• don't know who did the action. : a Tick the verbs you know. Check new verbs in
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• iflntf;i:mt!JiNuSt p141 .
• c Fill in the gaps with past participle, are and
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• were. How do we make negatives in the passive? write manufacture publish invent
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• • To make the Present Simple passive we use: paint grow direct build make
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• subject +am, is or + ____ _
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• b Work in pairs. Think of two nouns you can use
• • To make the Past Simple passive we use:
• + ____ _ with each verb .
• subject + was or
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• d Look at the questions in 3a. How do we make a Fill in the gaps with the correct passive form of the
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• questions in the passive? verbs in Sa. Then complete the sentences to make them
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• true for you.
• e Check in ldi!JMMi;IUSt p148 .
1 My favourite book by ____ _
m 14 PRONUNCIATION Listen and practise. 2 My mobile phone in
Copy the stress. 3 My favourite film by
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Thousands of items are bought and 4 My house/flat about ago.
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sold every day. 5 My favourite shoes in

a Read the article again and underline all b Compare sentences with a partner. Are any the same?
the passive verb forms. Which are in the
Present Simple passive? Which are in the Get ready ... Get it right!
Past Simple passive?
• Work in two groups. Group A p103. Group B p109.
b Work in pairs. Compare answers.