a) Find words in the passage that have the same meaning as the words below.
            A relaxation                     B household                C jobs
            D countryside                 E built-up

b) List two kinds of leisure activities in rural area.

c) Identify two examples of the Passive Voice structural pattern.
A How do you know they are in the Passive Voice?
B Rewrite them in the Active Voice.

d) Study the sentence excerpt and then answer the questions: ‘Some of these
cultural festivals have become leisure activities, especially for Nigerians living in
the rural area …’
A What is the grammatical function of ‘especially’?
B Explain the information or meaning that we get about the sentence excerpt
from the word ‘especially’.
C Give another word for ‘especially’.

e) List three kinds of leisure activities in cities.

f) In one sentence explain the main difference between leisure activities in rural
areas and in cities.

g) What has contributed to Nigerians, especially in cities, spending increasing
amounts of time and money on leisure activities? Give one factor.

h) What is your opinion of leisure? Write three sentences to explain what you
think about leisure. Remember to give reasons for your views.

A Leisure time includes time you spend sleeping.

B Cultural festivals are an important leisure activity in Nigerian urban areas.

a) The scientists invented a vaccine to cure the disease.

b) A computer beat the chess champion in a game of chess.

c) Sidi gave Jonas a Valentine’s Day card.

d) The students have not written the exams yet.

e) The police officers will have arrested the thieves by the end of the week.

f) The government is building many new schools in the countryside.

a) The food was eaten by the children yesterday.

b) The money has been stolen by the thieves.

c) The book will have been read by me by tomorrow.

d) The experiment is being conducted by the scientists at the moment.

e) The medicine is taken by him every day.

f) The litter was being picked up by the students.