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And the Oscar goes to ... El Read about the Indian film industry. Choose
the correct verb forms.
veryone enjoys being told they are good at what they do and
E most of us want to be rewarded in some way. But few of us get
the same publicity as those working in the film industry and every
actor dreams of being nominated for an Oscar. The Academy
Awards ceremony is held in Hollywood once a year, usually in
March, and is being shown in more and more countries each
year. Over 40 million people in the USA watch the ceremony on
TV, wondering if their favourite stars are going to be awarded
an Oscar.

The first Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 and the
first to be televised was in 1953. Since 1969, the Oscar show has
been broadcast internationally and now reaches movie fans in
more than 180 countries.

Since the Academy Awards began, they have only been postponed
three times. The ceremony had to be postponed in 1938 because
of a flood, in 1968 for Martin Luther King's funeral and again in
1981 after the assassination attempt on President Reagan.

Newspapers used to be given the winners' names in advance of
the ceremony, provided that the names wouldn't be published
until afterwards. However, in 1939 the Los Angeles Times printed
the names before the ceremony, so since then, they have been
kept secret.
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In 2010, Kathryn Bigelow was given an Oscar for best director,
for her film, The Hurt Locker. She was the first woman ever to win
this award. Before 2010 only three other women had even been
nominated for best director.

A few days before the ceremony in 2000, 55 Oscars mysteriously
vanished while they were being driven from Chicago to Los
Angeles. 52 of the Oscars were found in some rubbish by a man
called Willie Fulgear, who was invited to the Oscar ceremony as a
special guest in recognition of his honesty.
II Rewrite these sentences using a passive
It seems that the true verb form. Begin each sentence with the
origin of the name 'Oscar' words in brackets.
has never been confirmed.
However, one story claims 1 I hate it when people interrupt me.
that Academy librarian, (I ... ) I hate being interrupted.
Margaret Herrick, said the 2 You should take the pills with food. (The pills ... )
statue looked like her uncle
3 She doesn't like people telling her what to do.
Oscar and the name stuck.
(She doesn't like ... )
An Oscar costs around 4 I hope they promote me next year. (I hope ... )
$400 to make, but it can't 5 They invited him first. (He was the first ... )
be sold. The recipient has
to sign an agreement stating 6 They had to take her to hospital. (She ... )
they will not sell the statue 7 They'll deliver the parcel to me tomorrow.
without first offering it back (The parcel .. . )
to the Academy for $1. The 8 Someone needs to tell the boss immediately.
Academy introduced this (The boss ... )
rule to ensure the awards
do not end up in the hands
of private collectors. If a Get ready ... Get it right!
winner refuses to sign the fl
agreement, the Academy Work in groups. Group A p1 06.
keeps the award. l Group B p109.