PREPARE SECOND EDITION LEVEL 4 UNIT 15 GRAMMAR: PLUS

1 Underline the present simple passive structure in the

sentences where it is used.
4 Complete the texts with the present simple passive
form of the verbs in the box.

1 This app is downloaded by clicking on the link. access  base  bring  fill  

2 I listen to this podcast once a week. give  know  release  send
3 These latest smartphones are made in Japan.
4 I’ve given Charlie my tablet to install an app. Twitter is a hugely popular online news and social
5 The battery is taken out of the device like this. networking site which 1 is accessed by millions of
6 Billions of emails are sent every single day. people around the world. Users communicate with
7 The photos are saved in a file on my desktop. messages that 2 as tweets, and an
8 I think my computer has got a virus. average of 500 million tweets 3
every day.
The Twitter company 4 in California.
2 Complete the sentences wtih the correct form of the
phrasal verbs from the box. Stuff You Should Know is currently one of the most
popular podcasts around for teens. It 5 to
(not) plug in shut down switch off
the web by the How Stuff Works site, and 6
(not) take out (not) turn off
with all sorts of interesting information to make you
feel smarter. One episode 7 a week, and
1 My phone isn’t plugged in , so it isn’t charged. notes 8 for each episode with plenty of
2 The laptop by pressing this links to learn more about different topics.
button.
3 You can’t turn off the device if the USB key 5 Decide if the sentences are active (A) or passive (P).
Then rewrite the sentences in the active or passive
first.
form.
4 all the computers in the
IT room? 1 This podcast is recommended in my magazine. P
5 The lights so I can’t find the switch for My magazine recommends this podcast.  A
the printer. 2 WhatsApp is used by millions of people.

3 Choose the correct words in the sentences.

3 You need a password to access the school


1 These T-shirts from 100% cotton. website.

A made B are made C is made 
2 My tablet . I dropped it on the floor! 4 People buy hundreds of products on Amazon
A is broken B broken C is broke every second!
3 Technology is so important these days – everything 
controlled by computers. 5 All the latest video games are sold in Gamesworld.
A be B was C is 
4 Sorry this email is quickly, but I know 6 My parents don’t allow me to use the internet
I’ll see you soon and will tell you more then. for more than an hour a day.
A write B written C wrote 
5 This password for all for my devices.
A is used B it’s used C are used
6 The link to the camping trip photos
given on the school website.
A be B were C is

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PREPARE SECOND EDITION LEVEL 4 UNIT 20 GRAMMAR: PLUS

1 Decide if the sentences are active (A) or passive (P).

Underline the past simple passive structure in the
4 Complete the statements (1–8) with the past simple
passive form of the verbs in the box. Then match to
sentences where it is used. the correct answers (A–H).

1 The picture was used to create an illusion. P

build  catch  invent (x2)  
2 We created optical illusions in our paintings.
make  paint  sing  write
3 Computers weren’t invented by Bill Gates.
4 This wall art was done by Banksy. Quiz Time!
5 Who designed her wedding dress? 1 It was invented by Thomas Edison. C
6 When was the internet first created? 2 It by Shakespeare.

2 Write the correct form of the verbs to complete the

sentences.
3 They
4 It
by Charles Babbage.
by Leonardo da Vinci.
5 It by Rihanna.
1 Justin Bieber’s song Love Yourself was written by
Ed Sheeran. 6 They in 1934.
A was written B was wrote 7 It in Belfast
between 1909 and 1911. 
2 Modern-day graffiti first
in Philadelphia in the 1960s. 8 It of wood.
A was, using B was, used A computers E Macbeth
3 Apps until about a decade ago. B Titanic F Diamonds
A wasn’t introduced B weren’t introduced C light bulb G Bonnie and Clyde
4 The horror film we watched Howler. D first saxophone H Mona Lisa
A was called B was call
5 Avicii, the Swedish musician and DJ, in 5 Rewrite the active sentences in the passive form.
1989 and died in 2018. 1 An Armenian probably made the first leather shoe.
A was born B were born The first leather shoe was probably made by an
6 Guernica by Dali, but by Picasso. Armenian.
A was painted B wasn’t painted 2 Gustave Eiffel built the famous tower in Paris.

3 Underline and correct the mistake in each sentence.

3 People downloaded the song Shape of You by Ed
1 After my grandma was checked from the doctor, she Sheeran the most in 2017.
was released from hospital. by
2 The Lord of the Rings is a film about a ring which 4 Almost 115 million people watched the American
found in a river and used to control the world. Super Bowl last year.

3 Carlos first got interested in football when he took to

5 France gave the Statue of Liberty to the USA as a
see Real Madrid play.
present in 1886.
4 I bought a shirt that was made by linen, because it’s
nice and cool in summer.
5 When were optical illusions first discover?

6 My grandfather is posted to Egypt during the war.

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