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B Read the text again. Six sentences are missing. Grammar P P or tal t t o Gr ammar
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Complete the gaps 1-6 with the sentences a-g
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below. There is one extra sentence which you Passive Voice (I)
do not need to use.
a. Then later, as the sky began to get lighter, the • The bakery near my house was opened by
mood changed. Mr Tyler, our neighbour.
• The new sportswear shop won’t be inished
b. People pushed forward, but my feet stayed by spring.
where they were.
• All Black Friday laptops have been sold, but
c. I move my head so that I can see round the cast there are some tablets left.
on my leg.
• Pets mustn’t be brought inside the shop.
d. I realised how important that was.
e. ‘Quick, just pick something!’ my friend shouted.
Rewrite the sentences using the Passive Voice.
f. It's 6 a.m., not really light yet, but that doesn't R e writ e the sent enc es using the
stop them. Start with the words given.
g. People ahead were already grabbing boxes 1. Customers may return items within ten days of
from the shelves.
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the date of purchase.
Items
C Look at the highlighted phrasal verbs in the text
and try to guess what they mean. Then match .
and try to guess what they mean. Then match
them with the meanings a-e.
NOTE 2. Somebody took the shirt from the shelf.
The shirt
A phrasal verb consists of a verb (e.g. get,
put) and one or more prepositions (e.g. for,
on with) and/or an adverb (e.g. back). .
The meaning of the phrasal verb is usually
quite di ferent from the meaning of the verb 3. They’ve built two large shopping centres since
and the adverb/preposition(s) it includes.
2012.
Two large shopping centres
1. sit up 4. put up with

2. turn up 5. go o f
.
3. let down
4. They sell trendy trainers at this shop.
a. to increase the sound, power, etc. which is Trendy trainers
produced by a piece of equipment
b. to disappoint sb by not doing what you .
were expected to do
c. to rise from lying down to a sitting 5. They will deliver your new skateboard by
position Saturday.
d. to start to make noise Your new skateboard
e. to accept sb/sth that is unpleasant, .
annoying, etc. without complaining
. .

Over to you...

Discuss.
Do you buy things when you need
them, or do you wait for the sales?
Why do you think people choose
to shop on Black Friday? Would
you go shopping on Black Friday?
Why? / Why not?

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