Great books Unit 3 Language in use Language practice Their works are still read by many people today. We're still influenced by Confucius's ideas. It is still read and loved by people all over the world. Work in pairs. Compare the sentences below with the sentences in the grammar box above. Many people still read their works today. Confucius's ideas still influence us. People all over the world still read and love it. Now complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. You need to use the words more than once. give influence read write Millions of people __________________ Mark Twain's stories every year. Mark Twain's stories __________________ by millions of people every year. Confucius still __________________ people around the world. People around the world __________________ still __________________ by Confucius. A famous writer __________________ the advice column in the newspaper every week. The advice column in the newspaper __________________ by a famous writer every week. The teacher usually __________________ the students a lot of ideas. The students __________________ usually _________________ a lot of ideas by the teacher. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words and expression in brackets. My favourite funny story in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is when Tom (1) _____________ (tell) by his aunt to paint the gate white. The work is a punishment because he missed school one day. Of course, he does not want to do any work. At first, Tom (2) _____________________ (watch) by his friends and (3) _____________________ (laugh at), so he feels quite bad. But soon he turns the situation round, and he (4) ___________________ (help) by his friends instead. Tom says that he enjoys painting the gate white, and his friends want to try. He asks each friend to give him something valuable, and in return they (5) ____________________ (allow) to do some of Tom's work!