Read again and complete the table. Voynich Manuscript Baghdad Battery Saqqara Bird Place found Frascati, near Rome When found Size Age Which ideas about each object do you think are correct or incorrect? Talk together. Match the descriptions, 1–6, with pictures A–C on p. 72. 1 It’s light yellow. 4 It’s made of clay. 2 It’s small but thick, with 235 pages. 5 It’s about 18 cm across. 3 It’s 25 by 18 cm. 6 It weighs about 40g. Answer the following questions in groups, then compare your ideas. 1 What’s the opposite of light in sentence 1? 2 Which things in your classroom are made of these materials? glass cotton leather metal paper wood stone plastic Choose one object in your classroom. Describe it and make the others guess what it is. Look at these two sentences. Can you remember which one the stallholder used? 1 The previous owner damaged this candlestick. (active) 2 … this one was damaged by the previous owner. (passive) Why did the stallholder use the passive? Is she more interested in the candlestick or the previous owner? Complete the sentences in the box with the correct form of be. Find and underline 14 examples of the passive in the text on p. 72. Work in two groups, group A and group B. A, turn to p. 143 and complete the information about the object in picture D. B, turn to p. 145 and complete the information about the object in picture E. Use the active and the passive. 9 10 11 Vocabulary Describing objects a b 12 Speaking 13 Grammar refresher Passives a b 14 a Passive forms: correct form of be + past participle They (1) used to put the candles out. The base (2) decorated with silver flowers. This one made (3) in Morocco. A lot of rugs like this produced (4) in the 1950s. Some more bookcases delivered (5) next week. 1 Grammar reference and practice, p. 153 D E b 15 Language skills Extras Explore 6 The story of stuff 73 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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