TASK 1.

Answer the following questions about the Academy Awards.

1. Who selects the winners each year?

2. Who can go to an Oscar ceremony?
3. When can the public know the names of the winners?
4. For how long has there been an Oscar ceremony?

TASK 2.

A. Look at the verbs in blue in the text and select the correct options to complete the
grammar facts below. Follow the example.

a. This type of structure is called (o) passive voice / active voice.

b. We use it to emphasize the (1) subject / object of the action. In other words, the focus
is who receives the action and NOT who does the action.
(2)
c. We can also use passive voice when we don’t know / know the agent (= who or
what does an action), or when the agent is (3) important / unimportant or obvious.
d. We can use (4) by / for + agent in a passive sentence to say who does the action.

B. Look back at the verbs in blue and answer the questions below.
a. Can I use passive voice in any tense (e.g. future, past continuous, present perfect)?
b. What’s the structure of a passive voice sentence?
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 TASK 3. Read the following
sentences. In each case, decide
if the underlined verb is active
(A) or passive (P).

e.g.

The Academy gave Brad Pitt an Oscar.

A

Renée Zellweger was given an Oscar. P

(a) Scarlett Johansson wore a beautiful gown.

(b) Salma Hayek presented an Oscar.

(c) Joaquin Phoenix has been seen in many movies.

(d) Leonardo Di Caprio has been nominated many times.

(e) Old movies were filmed in black and white.

(f) Many actors live in California.

(g) Many movies are made in Hollywood.

(h) Pictures of the winners will be posted all over the internet.

(i) Taika Waititi thanked all the people who helped him win.

(j) Parasite was recorded in South Korea.

(k) Laura Dern acted in A Marriage Story.

TASK 4.
Complete the following sentences using passive voice in the tense given in brackets.

1. In general movies ____are made____ in Hollywood.

(simple present: make).
2. The movie _________________ at many theatres.
(modal: can / see)
3. A good movie ___________________ at a theatre near my house.
(present continuous: show)
4. Over 2,000 Academy Awards ___________________ out since 1929.
(present perfect: give)
5. I think that Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch ___________________ for the
Academy Awards in 2021. (future: choose)
6. The La La Land cast ___________________ with the Oscar statuettes for Best
Cinematography when the presenter realized that he had made a mistake.
(past continuous: award)