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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9.2 - In our time for the textbook Speakout Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Rewrite the sentences below using the passive.
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  3. Listen again and notice the pronunciation of are /ə/, has been /həzbɪn/, was /wəz/ and were /wə/. Then listen and repeat.

Answer

a)

  1. The name Generation X was made famous by Coupland's novel.
  2. Sometimes names for different generations are invented by the media.
  3. The term Generation 9/11 was used by Newsweek magazine in 2001
  4. The people growing up after the war were given the name 'Baby Boomers.
  5. In the future, today's babies will be known as Generation Z
  6. A book about Millennials (Millennials Rising The Next Great Generation) was written by William Strauss and Neil Howe.
  7. The generation born from 1910 to 1920 is sometimes called The Greatest Generation'
  8. Younger people have always been criticised by older people for their bad behaviour!

c)

The verb forms are, has been, was and were are pronounced as weak forms with the schwa /ə/.