VOCABULARY: advertising and describing amounts
An advertisement on TV or the radio
Commercial
TRUE OR FALSE: we use the passive when we are more interested in the person who performs the action than in the action.
False
The new fashions are put on market/display by the door.
display
We had a web designer to make/ made/ make our website.
make
A small sheet of paper that advertises a product or an event
Flyer
TRUE OR FALSE: Passive verbs have the same tenses as active verbs, and the rules for tense usage are the same.
True
a country, an area or a group of people who buy something
market
TRUE or FALSE: We can use have something done in any verb tense.
True
There was a majority/significant number of sales for the new smartphone.
significant
Transform the sentence from ACTIVE to PASSIVE: People are not promoting fair trade enough around the world.
Fair trade is not being promoted enough around the world.
I get a modest/tiny/considerable 25 pounds a month for my allowance.
modest
CORRECT or WRONG (if wrong, make it correct)?
Had you your house painted? It looks great.
Did you have your house painted? It looks great.
A large board near a road where advertisements are put.
billboard
Make a SENTENCE in FUTURE SIMPLE: The prize/award/tomorrow
The prize will be awarded tomorrow.
The money that you make when you sell something for more than it cost you.
Profit
Complete the sentence: I've just called my hairdresser and next Monday I'm (cut/my hair)
having my hair cut/going to have my hair cut
What's the meaning of the word promote?
advertise a product and encourage people to buy it
Write passive sentences in Simple Past.
What's the meaning of the word influence?
the power to affect, change or control somebody
When do we use have/get ?
We use have + object + past participlewhen we want to talk about something someone else does for us, usually because we pay them or persuade or ask them to do it.