Prepare 7 Unit 19-20 (Passive tenses) ГР4: письмово взаємодіє та висловлюється

Complete the information using the present simple passive form of the words in brackets.

All about Pasta!

Pasta (1)          (eat) all over the world, but it doesn't come from Italy. They first made similar dough in ancient China and the Mediterranean. The Italians started perfecting their first pasta in the Middle Ages. And another interesting fact, spaghetti, which means little strings, is just one of hundreds of shapes. The dried form (2)           (call) pasta secca. It (3)               (not bake) or fried, it (4)           (cook) in boiling water.

So how (5)    it      (make)? There are hundreds of different shapes, but a simple tomato sauce (6)         (use) in many classic dishes. For fresh pasta, flour and eggs (7)           (mix) together. Then, sheets of pasta (8)            (roll) thin. The fun part is creating the shape where ingredients (9)              (combine). Vegetables or meat (10)              (prepare) by cutting them carefully. For some shapes, a filling (11)            (place) inside the pasta. Next, the pasta (12)           (boil) until it is al dente. Finally, the finished pasta dish (13)            (serve) hot. But a good quality olive oil (14)           (need) for the perfect finish!

Choose the correct option (a, b or c) to complete the article.

Two young billionaires

Billionaire Alexandra Andresen and her older sister Katharina (1)       [am, is, was, were]born in Norway. When Alexandra was just 19 years old, she became the youngest billionaire in the world. On the same day the information about Katharina's money was (2)          [shared, share, sharing, shares]with the world, she was (3)         [sends, sent, send, sending]500 friend requests on social media.

Both sisters (4)       [am, is, were, was]taught to save their pocket money (5)      [by, with, of, for] their billionaire parents who own an old family business. When they became teenagers and learned to drive, they (6)         [wasn't, weren't, don't, didn't] bought fast sports cars but second-hand ones. They were (7)        [show, shown, showed, shows]not to be proud.

When the sisters were growing up, they were surrounded (8)      [with, of, for, by]animals. Their favourite pony (9)         [weren't, wasn't, don't, didn't]left at home, it (10)      [are, is, were, was]taken with them on holiday. Alexandra became excellent at horse-riding, and she was (11)        [give, gave, giving, given]several prizes for this. When Alexandra was (12)        [ask, asked, asks, asking]about her future, she said she wanted to ride for the rest of her life.

Katharina, however, works in her father's company. She studied global management in London, is interested in sustainability and also helps charities.

Choose the correct option (a, b or c) to complete the sentences.

• English ______ in many countries.