Grammar & vocabulary Unit 9

Present and past passive: Nouns: art

affirmative and negative 4 Look at the clues and complete the crossword
with art words.
1 Choose the correct forms.
1
The picture was painted / painting by Picasso. M
2 3
1 Art is / are exhibited in galleries. A C
4
2 The sculpture was sell / sold for €1 million. S
3 Sculptures are sometimes made / makes from
C
bronze. 5
L
4 The paintings aren’t / don’t be owned by the
gallery.
5 Dada art wasn’t / weren’t accepted by many
critics. N
6 Some pictures were stole / stolen yesterday.
S
6
C L
Active to passive
2 Complete the active and passive sentences with
the words.
7
1 (by / painted / painted / was) G E Y

active: Picasso painted this masterpiece.

1 an exceptionally good piece of art
passive: This masterpiece __________________
2 a place where paintings are sold
Picasso.
3 a person who gives art a good or bad review
2 (by / is / owns / owned)
4 it’s often made of marble
passive: The painting __________________ a
5 a painting of the countryside
collector.
6 a person who buys paintings
active: A collector __________________ the
7 a place where you find paintings
painting.

Adjectives: describing art

Present and past passive: questions
5 Complete the adjectives. Write the letters in the
3 Complete the questions with the present, past or correct order.
past participle form of the verbs.
beautiful (futilu)
present 1 sho ___________ (cigkn)
Where are the paintings exhibited (exhibit)? 2 trad ___________ (iaotinl)
1 What ___________ (be) the sculpture made of? 3 str ___________ (agne)
2 Who ___________ (be) the pictures owned by? 4 am ___________ (sugni)
3 How are the winners ___________ (choose)? 5 col ___________ (forulu)

past 6 ridi ___________ (scluuo)

4 When ___________ (be) the sculpture stolen? 7 prov ___________ (otaeicv)

5 When was your picture ___________ (buy)? 8 ori ___________ (ialng)

6 How ___________ (be) the sculptures made?

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