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8   language focus • Present and past passive: questions
          I can ask questions using the passive in the present and past.
                                                                                 exercise 3
       1  Underline the verb forms and circle the   5    Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and   Students find the errors in the sentences and
         subjects in these sentences.     answer the questions in exercise 4. Answer in   correct them. With weaker classes, students
         1  Was the book adapted for film?  complete sentences.
         2  What is the series of books called?                                  could work in pairs. Check answers.
         3  Where was the film made?    6     Use IT!  Work in groups. Each group
         4  Is the actor nominated for an award every   writes three questions about books using   ANSWerS
           year?                          passive voice, then reads out for the others   1  What was he given as a prize?
                                          to answer. The group with the most correct   2  Was this crime novel written last year?
       2  Match the sentences 1–4 in exercise 1 with   answers is the winner.
         rules a–d.                                                              3  What was awarded to the actor?
                                          Who was The last leaf  written by?  ,
        rULes                             When was the poem Mùa xuân nho nho  written?  4  Who was the film directed by?
       Passive questions in the present are formed with …                        5  Was this book written by a man?
       a  am / is / are + subject + past participle.  The first question is …
       b  a question word + am / is / are + subject + past   I think the answer is …  exercise 4
        participle.                                                              Check that students understand edible.
       Passive questions in the past are formed with …  Finished?                Focus on the first blue prompts in the
       c  was / were + subject + past participle.  Introduce to the class your favourite book
       d  a question word + was / were + subject + past   using the passive voice.   text and read out the example question.
        participle.                                                              Students work in pairs to write the
                                                                                 remaining questions. Check answers.
                                         Delicious                               POSSIBLe ANSWerS
         Who was the film directed by?   books
         Which award was she nominated for?                                      1  What are made into cakes?
                                                                                 2  Where are the cakes displayed?
                                         You’ve read the books, seen the films, now eat   3  Was the Hunger Games series made
       3  Correct the mistakes in the sentences.  the cakes! The Edible Book Festival was started   into a cake?
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         1  What he was given as a prize?  in 2000. It is held every year around 1  April.   4  Who were the Hunger Games trilogy
         2  Is this crime novel written last year?  1   The latest books are made into cakes and   and Wool cakes made by? / were
         3  What was award to the actor?  are displayed   at events all over the world.
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         4  Who was the film directed for?  We all know The Hunger Games is a series of   the Hunger Games trilogy, Game of
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         5  Were this book written by a man?  three books that   was adapted for film. But   Thrones and Wool cakes made by?
                                         have you seen the amazing Hunger Games   5  Are the ‘books’ eaten at the end of
       4  Read the description on the right. Write   trilogy cake? It was          the festival?
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         questions in the passive about the   made by   Crystal
         information in blue.            Watanabe. Edible                        exercise 5
         When            ?               books for Game of                       Students prepare their answers to the
         When was the Edible Book Festival started?  Thrones and Wool,
         1  What                    ?    which was written by                    questions individually. Then put them into
         2  Where                   ?    Hugh Howey, were                        pairs to ask and answer. Check answers.
         3  Was                     ?    also made by her for
         4  Who                     ?    the festival! So what                   POSSIBLe ANSWerS
                                         happens at the end
         5  Are                     ?                                            1  The latest books are made into cakes.
                                         of the festival?    The
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                                         books are eaten,                        2  They are displayed all over the world.
                                         of course!                              3  Yes, it was.
                                                                                 4  It was / They were made by Crystal
                                                                                   Watanabe.
                                                                                 5  Yes, they are.
                                                              On screen  83      exercise 6 USe IT!
                                                                                 Brainstorm some possible passive questions
                                                                                 about films and books. You could write
          Language focus •                    1  Was the book adapted for film?  some question stems on the board, e.g.
                                              ANSWerS
          Present and past                    2  What is the series of books called?  Who was … written by? / Who was …
                                                                                 directed by? / Who was the role of … played
          passive: questions                  3  Where was the film made?        by in the film … ? / Which award was given
                                              4  Is the actor nominated for an award   to … for the film … ? Put students into
           Aim                                  every year?                      groups to prepare their questions. If they
                                                                                 have access to the internet, they can check
           Ask questions using the passive in the   exercise 2                   facts online. Ask groups in turn to read their
           present and past.                  Students work in pairs to match the   questions to the class. The other groups can
                                              questions to the rules. Read out the   discuss and write down the answers. Check
                                                                                 the answers, and see which group got the
          Warm-up                             information in the Remember! box. Point   most correct answers.
          Refer students back to questions 1 and   out that we use by to refer to the person or   Finished?
          2 in the film quiz on page 82. Ask: Do   thing that does the action of the verb, but   Refer fast finishers to the Finished? activity.
          the questions use active or passive verbs?   we can use other prepositions to express   Students can write their questions and then
          (passive) Do they use the present or past   other ideas, e.g. He was nominated by the   compare them with another fast finisher.
          tense? (past) Ask students what they   public for an award.            Students can write their description and
          notice about the word order in the passive   ANSWerS                   then compare it with another fast finisher.
          question. Elicit that was comes before the   1  c    2  b    3  d    4  a  Then ask them to read their descriptions
          subject (director).                                                    to the class, without saying the book title.
                                               Language note                     See if other students can guess the books.
          exercise 1                           In passive questions, the subject comes
          Students work in pairs to underline   between the form of be and the past   More practice
          the verbs and circle the subjects in the   participle: When was the film made?   Workbook page 53
          questions. Check answers with the class,   (NOT When the film was made? When   Practice Kit  Grammar 16
          and check that students understand   was made the film?)                Assessment
          the questions.                                                          Five-minute test, Teacher’s Resource Disk
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