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The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7.2 - Buy, buy, buy for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Chapter

Exercise

Question

Rewrite the sentences (1-7), starting with the words given, to make them into more formal written news reports. Use the passive as appropriate.

Answer

... are going to get higher bids at next month's auction.
... has been bought by an anonymous buyer.
... was bought for over $104 million in an auction.
... will be sold for even higher prices.
... was worn by Ursula Andress in the James Bond film Dr No was sold in 2001.
... was bought fir $61,000 by the American, Robert Earl, co-founder of Planet Hollywood.
... was composed, was bought by the singer George Michael.