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Vocabulary 2 M a t c h t h e e r m s in 1-7 w i t h t h e i r meanings a-g. Use h e exts n 1 o help
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1 BLOCK CAPS a) a document from the seller to the buyer, giving
2 price quote details of a delivery
3 in stock b) ask for
4 FAQs c) information about how much the goods cost
5 signature d) a person's name, written in his/her own handwritin
6 delivery note e) CAPITAL LETTERS
7 request 0 Frequently Asked Questions
g) The seller has the items in his store.
3 Find words in the texts in 1 hat are imilar in meaning o these words.
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1 goods
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5 lorry
6 client
7 details
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The passive
In an active sentence, the subject is the 'doer' who Ms Sarkis ordered the goods, (active)
performs the action of the verb. In a passive sentence, The goods were ordered by Ms Sarkis. (passive)
the object of the active verb becomes the subject.
We use the passive when the 'doer' is unknown or This equipment is made in Germany.
unimportant, or when the 'doer' is obvious. We form the The packages were sent last week.
passive with an appropriate form of be + past participle.

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1 The name of the seller is
2 The goods were rdered by
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3 The goods cost.
4 The goods were delivered to (address).
5 The goods were delivered by (name).
6 The goods were signed for by
7 The goods were delivered at (time).
Read this text about one of he greatest construction projects in history.
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Complete it with the orrect passive form of he verbs in brackets.
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The Great Pyramid o f Giza (1) (design) as (4) (remove) by later generations. T h e
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a omb for an Egyptian Pharaoh. M a n y people t h i n k p y r a m i d contains at least three chambers. T h e lowest
it (2) (construct) using slave labour, b u t we is under the p y r a m i d and (5) (cut) i n t o
have no real evidence f this. T h e p y r a m i d has changed the rock. I t (6) never (finish).
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over the years. For example, i t (3) originally The other chambers (7) (build) i n t o the
(cover) i n casing stones, b u t these p y r a m i d itself.
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Speaking 6 Work n pairs. Think of a onstruction site y o u know. How are uilding materials
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ordered? What paperwork is required? Give examples.
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