THE FAST FOOD REVOLUTION Fast food was not

THE FAST FOOD REVOLUTION Fast food was not (0) …. . fashionable…. . worldwide until the 1970 s but, in fact, fast food restaurants existed in the US long before that. Drive-in restaurants opened in the 1940 s as restaurant owners took advantage of the popularity growing (1) …………… of cars. FASHION POPULAR noun

Meals were designed so that knives spoons and forks were not needed - a concept which sounded madness like (2) …………… at the time to people who were used to eating at a table. MAD noun

The restaurants were (3) successful ……………. , however, and this led to fast food becoming increasingly (4) …………………. . …… common around the world. SUCCESS adjective INCREASE adverb

Today, most cities have a wide (5) variety …………………. . of fast food restaurants, though drive-in restaurants are not popular everywhere. VARY noun

The most recent trend has been introduction the (6) ……………. . of options like salads and fish to menus, giving diners a wider (7) choice ……………. INTRODUCE noun CHOOSE noun

Many restaurants now use recycled packaging as it has unacceptable become (8) ……………for so much packaging to just be thrown away. ACCEPT adjective

balanced healthy low-fat rich vegetarian diet raw low-fat fried tough meat raw ripe rotten fruit rich pudding sugary seasonal rotten

THE PASSIVE

THE PASSIVE Millions of people speak Spanish. Forma attiva Simple present Spanish is spoken BY millions of people. Forma passiva Verbo essere allo STESSO TEMPO della frase attiva + Participio passato Simple present

THE PASSIVE Columbus discovered America was discovered BY Columbus. The bricklayers have built a new gym. A new gym has been built BY the bricklayers. The bricklayers are building a new gym. A new gym is being built BY the bricklayers. The bricklayers will build a new gym. A new gym will be built BY the bricklayers. The bricklayers should have built a new gym. A new gym should have been built BY the bricklayers.

THE PASSIVE Verbs with TWO OBJECTS

THE PASSIVE Ho mandato un’ e-mail a Tim ieri. I sent an e-mail to. Tim yesterday. I sent Tim an e-mail yesterday. SEND ASK GIVE TELL OFFER SHOW LEND

THE PASSIVE Questi verbi alla forma passiva hanno spesso la persona (e non la cosa) come soggetto della frase. I sent Tim an e-mail yesterday. An e-mail was sent to Tim yesterday. Tim was sent an email yesterday. They’ ve offered me a drink. I’ve been offered a drink. Forma più usata They told us a lie. We were told a lie. Mark gave her a kiss. They will lend us a lot of money. She was given a kiss. We will be lent a lot of money. They asked Mary a question. Mary was asked a question.

IMPERSONAL PASSIVES

IMPERSONAL PASSIVES con verbi come: THINK BELIEVE SAY KNOW SUPPOSE EXPECT People think that Bill Gates is the richest man in the world. It is thought that Bill Gates is the richest man in the world. Bill Gates is thought to be the richest man in the world.

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