3ESO Unit 9 (passive voice and vocabulary)

Present and past passive: affirmative and negative

1  Choose the correct forms.   

1  Art is / are exhibited in galleries.

2  The sculpture was sell / sold for €1 million.

3  Sculptures are sometimes made / makes from bronze.

4  The paintings aren’t / don’t be owned by the gallery.

5  Dada art wasn’t / weren’t accepted by many critics.

6  Some pictures were stole / stolen yesterday.

2 Complete the sentences with the present or past passive form of the verbs.

1  The Mona Lisa __________________ (steal) from the Louvre in 1911.

2  Some exhibitions __________________  (visit) by thousands of people every day.

3  Michelangelo’s sculpture David __________________ (make) between 1501 and 1504.

4  Some art __________________  (sell) for a lot of money nowadays.

5  Visitors to art galleries __________________ (not permit) to touch the paintings.

6  The Prado Museum __________________ (not locate) in Malaga. It’s in Madrid.

7  Not all the paintings in the exhibition __________________ (buy) yesterday by the same collector.

8  This portrait __________________ (paint) by a famous artist.

3 Write the active sentences in the passive form.

   The Prado Museum exhibits Goya’s paintings.

   Goya’s paintings are exhibited by the Prado Museum.

1  He painted his first pictures in bright colours.
___________________________________________

2  They show the viewer scenes of happiness and humour.
___________________________________________

3  A disease destroyed his hearing in 1792.
___________________________________________

4  France invaded Spain in 1808.
___________________________________________

5  These problems changed Goya’s paintings.
___________________________________________

6  John didn’t make the bed yesterday.

______________________________________________

7 My grandfather grows oranges in the countryside

____________________________________________

8 Wilson throws the rubbish every night

________________________________________________

9  People speak German in Austria

_________________________________________________

10 The earthquake destroyed a lot of houses in 1906.

__________________________________________________

Vocabulary

Nouns: art

4 Write a correct noun for each definition.

1  an exceptionally good piece of art ________________________

2  a place where paintings are sold_______________________

3  a person who gives art a good or bad review______________________

4  it’s often made of marble______________________

5  a painting of the countryside__________________________

6  a person who buys paintings_________________________

7  a place where you find paintings__________________________

5 Complete the definitions with an art noun.

1  A great and famous painting is called a ________________.

2  A ________________ is a painting of a person.

3  A ________________ is someone who buys art.

4  A ________________ writes good or bad reviews about art for newspapers.

5  An ________________ of art is shown in a gallery.

6  A ________________ is a 3D piece of art and it’s usually made from marble.

7  A style of art (for example, Dada) is called an ________________ ________________.

8  People can buy art at an ________________.

Adjectives: describing art

6 Match 1–6 with a–f to make sentences.

1  When a piece of art is funny,              

2  When a piece of art doesn’t interest you, 

3  Traditional styles of paintings              

4  When you find something strange,         

5  When something is very silly,               

6  When people have very different opinions
about a piece of art,                      

a  are not modern.

b  it’s amusing.

c  it’s controversial.

d  it’s dull.

e  it’s difficult to understand and unusual.

f  it’s ridiculous.

7 Write sentences with the same meaning. Use one of the words.

   The Dada art movement wanted reactions. (colourful / provocative)

   The Dada art movement was provocative.

1  These sculptures make people laugh. (original / amusing)
___________________________________________

2  People have very different views about Damien Hirst’s art. (beautiful / controversial)
___________________________________________

3  Some art is designed to be surprising but in a negative way. (shocking / traditional)
___________________________________________

4  Tomma Abts has got a lot of good ideas. (beautiful / imaginative)
___________________________________________

5  Cézanne’s paintings have nothing ugly in them. (beautiful / ridiculous)
___________________________________________

ANSWERS

     

Exercise 1

1      is             3  made         5  wasn’t
2     sold           4  aren’t        6  stolen

Exercise 2

1  was stolen             5  aren’t permitted
2  are visited              6  isn’t located
3  was made              7  were bought
4  is sold                  8  wasn’t painted

Exercise 3

1  His first pictures were painted in bright colours

2  The viewer is shown scenes of happiness and humour.

3  His hearing was destroyed in 1792 by a disease

4  Spain was invaded in 1808 by France.

5  Goya’s paintings were changed by these problems.

6   The bed wasn’t made yesterday by John.

7 Oranges are grown in the countryside by my grandfather.

8 The rubbish is thrown every night by Wilson.

9 German is spoken in Austria.

10 Lots of houses were destroyed in 1906 by the earthquake.

Exercise 4

1  masterpiece            5  landscape
2  auction                 6  collector
3  critic                   7  gallery
4  sculpture

Exercise 5

1  masterpiece            5  exhibition
2  portrait                6  sculpture
3  collector               7  art movement
4  critic                   8  auction

Exercise 6

   1  b     2  d     3  a     4  e     5  f     6  c

Exercise 7

1       These sculptures are amusing.
2      Damien Hirst’s art is controversial.
3      Some art is designed to be shocking.
4      Tomma Abts is imaginative.
5      Cézanne’s paintings are beautiful