Master Entertainment English and Passive Voice

Essential Entertainment and Show Business Vocabulary

Key Nouns and Concepts

• Atmosphere: ambiente
• Award: premio
• Costume: vestuario
• Flop: fracaso
• Gossip column: columna de cotilleos
• Interval: intervalo
• Lighting: iluminación
• Review: crítica
• Role model: modelo a seguir
• Trendsetter: iniciador de una moda
• Venue: lugar

Action Verbs in Entertainment

• Boo: abuchear
• Cheer: aclamar
• Clap: aplaudir
• Encourage: animar
• Launch: lanzar
• Loathe: detestar
• Rehearse: ensayar
• Worship: adorar

Descriptive Adjectives

• Controversial: contradictorio
• Disgraceful: desagradable
• Disturbing: inquietante
• Gifted: dotado
• Moving: conmovedor
• Notorious: de mala fama
• Outrageous: extravagante
• Packed: lleno
• Prestigious: prestigioso
• Spoilt: consentido
• Stunning: guapísimo
• Wealthy: rico
• Weird: raro

Common Expressions and Idioms

• Onstage: en el escenario
• Overnight: de la noche a la mañana
• Appeals to: atrae a
• Be around: estar alrededor
• For years to come: en los años venideros
• Front-row seat: asiento en primera fila
• Go wild: volverse loco
• Huge hit: gran éxito
• In the spotlight: en el foco
• Infatuated with: obsesionado con
• Lucky break: golpe de suerte
• Make a comeback: estar de moda nuevamente
• Make it: conseguir
• Sell out: agotar
• Team up with: unirse

Phrasal Verbs for Success

• Break up: romper / dividir en varias partes
• Call off: cancelar
• Come down on: criticar
• Fit in: ser parte de un grupo / encontrar tiempo
• Keep at: persistir
• Live up to: estar a la altura
• Look up to: admirar
• Put on: ponerse algo / producir y presentar un espectáculo
• Show off: exhibirse
• Stand out: destacar
• Stand up for: defender
• Take off: despegar / volverse exitoso

Passive Voice Transformation Exercises

Historical and Legal Contexts

• Active: Someone did the painting yesterday, not in 1550!
  Passive: The painting was done yesterday, not in 1550!
• Active: The judge won't fine them more than $500.
  Passive: More than $500 won't be fined to them by the judge.
• Active: The police are questioning the girls.
  Passive: The girls are being questioned by the police.

Complex Passive Structures

• Active: People said that he lived about 700 years ago.
  Passive: He is said to have lived about 700 years ago.
• Active: I want them to bury the remains in the garden.
  Passive: They are wanted to bury the remains in the garden.
• Active: I didn't expect my family to arrive this afternoon.
  Passive: My family wasn't expected to arrive this afternoon.
• Active: You should check your eyesight regularly.
  Passive: Your eyesight should be checked regularly.
• Active: They didn't have to undergo that situation.
  Passive: That situation didn't have to be undergone.