Question

I. Use the prompts to write about the following jobs as in the example.
1. travel agent: arrange travel plans/ travel bureau
A travel agent is a person who arranges travel plans for clients. He works in a travel bureau.
2. waiter: serve food/ restaurant or café
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3. nurse: take care of patients/ hospital or doctor’s surgery
_____________________________________________________________________________
4. editor: find and correct mistakes in other people’s writings/ newspaper or magazine
_____________________________________________________________________________
II. Read the passage and write down three questions to it.
Charles Ginsburg led the research team at Ampex Corporation in developing the first practical videotape recorder (VTR). In 1951, the first video tape recorder (VTR) captured live images from television cameras by converting the information into electrical impulses and saving the infor-mation onto magnetic tape. Ampex sold the first VTR for $50, 000 in 1956. The first VCassetteR or VCR was sold by Sony in 1971.
1. Who ___________________________________ ?
2. When _______________________________________________ ?
3. What _________________________________________________ ?
III. Using the prompts below, write sentences in the Past Passive .
1. -What a nice bike! – It/ give/ my parents/ birthday._________________
2. – Look at that house! What happened to it? – It/ destroy/ in an earthquake.
_____________________________________________________________________________
3. – Where were you born? – In London / but/ I / raise/ in New York.
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Answer 1

Ответ:

A waiter serves food in a restaurant or café.

A nurse takes care of patients in a hospital or doctor's surgery.

An editor finds and corrects mistakes in other people's writings for a newspaper or magazine.

II. Questions about the passage:

Who led the research team at Ampex Corporation in developing the first practical videotape recorder (VTR)?

When was the first video tape recorder (VTR) sold by Ampex Corporation?

What did the first video tape recorder (VTR) do with the captured live images from television cameras?

III. Sentences in the Past Passive:

"What a nice bike!" - It was given to me by my parents for my birthday.

"Look at that house! What happened to it?" - It was destroyed in an earthquake.

"Where were you born?" - I was born in London, but I was raised in New York.