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ELVIS PRESLEY
“The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death.
I really didn’t know what all the yelling was about. I didn’t realize that my body was moving. It’s a naturalthing to me. So to the manager backstage I said, ‘What’d I do? What’d I do?’ And he said “Whatever it is, go back and do it again.”
-From a 1972 taped interview used in MGM’s documentary «Elvis onTour»
His 1973 special, ''Elvis – Aloha from Hawaii live via Satellite'', was seen in over 40 countries by 1 billion to 1.5 billion people and made television history. It was seen on television inmore American homes than man's first walk on the moon.
Complete the text. Should the verbs be in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?
Elvis Aaron Presley ................ (be) born to Vernon and GladysPresley in a two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935. His twin brother, Jessie Garon, was stillborn, leaving Elvis to grow up as an only child. He and his parents ..................(move) to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1948, and Elvis ......................... (graduate) from Humes High School there in 1953.
Elvis’ musical influences .................. (be) the pop and countrymusic of the time, the gospel music he ..................... (hear) in church, and the black R&B he ...................... (absorb) on historic Beale Street as a Memphis teenager.
In 1954, Elvis..................... (begin) his singing career with the legendary Sun Records label in Memphis. In late 1955, his recording contract .......................... (sell) to RCA Victor. By 1956, he........................ (be) an international sensation. With a sound and style that uniquely .................... (combine) his diverse musical influences and ............. (blur) and .....................(challenge) the social and racial barriers of the time, he .................. (usher) in a whole new era of American music and popular culture.
He .................... (star) in 33 successful...
ELVIS PRESLEY
“The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death.
I really didn’t know what all the yelling was about. I didn’t realize that my body was moving. It’s a naturalthing to me. So to the manager backstage I said, ‘What’d I do? What’d I do?’ And he said “Whatever it is, go back and do it again.”
-From a 1972 taped interview used in MGM’s documentary «Elvis onTour»
His 1973 special, ''Elvis – Aloha from Hawaii live via Satellite'', was seen in over 40 countries by 1 billion to 1.5 billion people and made television history. It was seen on television inmore American homes than man's first walk on the moon.
Complete the text. Should the verbs be in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?
Elvis Aaron Presley ................ (be) born to Vernon and GladysPresley in a two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935. His twin brother, Jessie Garon, was stillborn, leaving Elvis to grow up as an only child. He and his parents ..................(move) to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1948, and Elvis ......................... (graduate) from Humes High School there in 1953.
Elvis’ musical influences .................. (be) the pop and countrymusic of the time, the gospel music he ..................... (hear) in church, and the black R&B he ...................... (absorb) on historic Beale Street as a Memphis teenager.
In 1954, Elvis..................... (begin) his singing career with the legendary Sun Records label in Memphis. In late 1955, his recording contract .......................... (sell) to RCA Victor. By 1956, he........................ (be) an international sensation. With a sound and style that uniquely .................... (combine) his diverse musical influences and ............. (blur) and .....................(challenge) the social and racial barriers of the time, he .................. (usher) in a whole new era of American music and popular culture.
He .................... (star) in 33 successful...
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