1 Complete the words for types of art and materials with vowels. s…lv…r, f…sh… …n d…s…gn, br...nz..., l… ndsc…p, st…n, p…rtr…t, g…ld, sc…lpt…r, w…d…n, gr…ff…t

2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple passive.

These computer keyboards (make) in China.

This newspaper (read) bymillions of people every morning.

English (speak) all over the world.

The London underground (use) by millions of people every day.

Plastic and glass bottles (recycle) in a special factory.

3 Change the sentences from active to passive.

Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.

A lot of tourists visit London each year.

The earthquake caused a lot of damage.

Frank Gehry designed the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

Columbus discovered America.

Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.

I didn't choose the music.

He bought the painting.

4 Complete the passive sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Present: The walls (paint) white.

The process (record) on video.

Past: This shirt (make) in India.

It (build) in 1960.

Future: The exhibition (open) on Saturday.

A lot of paintings (sell).

Complete the questions with the correct passive form.
a. Are here? Yes, cars are made here.
b. Is in Canada? Yes, English is spoken in Canada.
c. Was yesterday? Yes, the window was broken yesterday.
d. Will on Sunday? Yes, the gallery will be closed on Sunday.

6. Complete the passive questions with the verbs in brackets. Use the present, past or future forms.

What this ring (make) of?

How much the winners (give) last year?

When The Picture of Dorian Gray (publish)?

When the next winner of the Turner prize (announce)?

Where these postcards (sell)?

7 Read the text and answer the questions.

Vincent van Gogh was born in the Netherlands in 1853. He began to paint in 1880 when he was 27 years old.

Van Gogh's paintings are now among the world's best known, most popular and expensive works of art. His most famous paintings are his collection called Sunflowers. These were painted during the last four years of his life.

Van Gogh's style of painting was inspired by the colorful paintings of the French artists, which he first saw in Paris in 1886. Between 1880 and 1890, when he shot himself in a field near Paris, van Gogh painted an astonishing 900 paintings. He also drew more than a thousand sketches and drawings.

Van Gogh had a very unusual personality. He suffered badly from depression and the long chain of events led to the incident of him cutting off part of his left ear. Many people think that van Gogh's depression was also the inspiration for his art. In a letter to his brother he wrote 'I am not mad, because my mind is absolutely normal most of the time. During attacks of depression my mind is terrible but that helps me to paint well.'

What are Vincent van Gogh's most famous paintings?

When did he paint his most famous paintings?

How did he die?

How many paintings did van Gogh paint between 1880 and 1890?

What helped him to paint well?

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