1C: Hot off the press

A. Circle the correct words.

1. Frankie is a graphic designer / writer and works for a science magazine. His articles are always very interesting.

2. At this page / stage, there is nothing we can do. It’s too late.

3. It’s ordinary / necessary to work out if you want to lose some weight.

4. Eddie used some great fonts / nations for the layout of the page.

5. The furniture you buy at Home Basix is packaged / delivered to your house for free.

6. I need to get a(n) disk / article to save the information I’ve found on the Net.

7. The reporter interviewed / printed the football player for three hours.

B. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

1. The latest issue of Planet Earth has to do with ways to save water.

2. Dr Murphy is a famous researcher who is studying the changes in temperature in the last 15 years.

3. This text is too short. Can you insert two more paragraphs?

4. After our teacher corrects some errors we made in the article; we’ll send it to the school’s newspaper editor to publish it.

5. This company packages their products in recycled boxes.

6. To make your story more appealing, you need to include examples to get your reader interested.

7. Please check this text for any spelling mistakes and then give it back to me.

8. The whole nation has read this book. It’s extremely popular.

C. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple Passive of the verbs in the box.

1. All students are given the necessary books at the beginning of the school year.

2. I am driven to school every morning because it’s far away from my house.

3. In this company new laptops are bought every five years.

4. Dinner isn't served at 8 o’clock. We have dinner earlier.

5. This magazine is read by millions of people all over the country.

6. Some of this shop’s mobile phones are sold for 60 euros!

D. Look at the prompts and write sentences. Use the present Simple Passive, as in the example.

1. tickets / sell / outside the art gallery

Tickets are sold outside the art gallery.

2. Arabic / speak / in many countries

Arabic is spoken in many countries.

3. lots of festivals / organise / in July

Lots of festivals are organised in July.

4. new information / save / on computers / every day

New information is saved on computers every day.

5. these hats / not make / in China

These hats aren't made in China.

E. Circle the correct words.

1. Many photographs are taken / take for the magazine.

2. All the clothes we sell design / are designed by a famous designer.

3. A message sends / is sent to all the winners of the competition.

4. Tina is spent / spends lots of money on clothes.

5. Hasna is often told / often tells her kids to go to bed early.

6. Many people invite / are invited to the school festival every year.