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14 Fiesta!

Grammar
The passive

1 Complete the newspaper article with the passive form of the verbs in brackets.

The Strawberry Fair by local people who (7)
(employ) by the Greyson family. The
A celebration of the start of strawberry traditional May Day celebrations
season (1) (hold) in became the Strawberry Fair, which
the village of Linleyside since the (8) (still hold) today
middle of the 19th century. Linleyside during the fi rst week of May.
(2) (surround) by
In the 19th century, pink and red
strawberry farms these days, but the
clothes (9) (wear) by the
fi rst (3) (set up) in
pickers so that the strawberry stains
1850, when a huge glass greenhouse (10) (hide), and the same
(4) (build) by a colours (11) (still wear)
local landowning family called the at the festival today. Over the last thirty
eat kilos of strawberries. They
Greysons, so that strawberries could years, the fair has grown from being a PDF from sachtienganhhanoi.com
(5) (cultivate) and then local celebration to a festival that (14) (also crush) to make
sold in London. It was a great help to (12) (attend) by juice. If you decide to go to this year’s
the economy of the village because the thousands of people. Strawberry festival, why not stay at the Greysons’
strawberries in the greenhouse cakes, jams and biscuits stately home, which (15)
(6) (grow) and picked (13) (sell), and fairgoers (now convert) into a hotel?

The passive with reporting verbs

2 Rewrite the newspaper headlines using the verbs in brackets. You will need to add extra words
to each sentence.

1 4
CURE FOR THE COMMON COLD DISCOVERED STORMS WILL PROBABLY HIT COAST ON SUNDAY
It has been reported that a cure for the common
cold has been discovered. (report) (think)

2 5
ESCAPED PRISONER STILL IN THE AREA MARIA CALLAS IS MOST POPULAR OPERA SINGER EVER

(believe) (consider)
3 6
UNEMPLOYMENT TO FALL NEXT YEAR MAN MISSING FOR 10 YEARS FOUND ON DESERT ISLAND

(expect) (c o n i rm )
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