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Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense, then
match the paragraphs to these headings.
Recommendation Name/Location/Description
Historical Facts Things to seeldo there
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The Little Mermaid 1)
(locate) in the Langelinie
harbour of Copenhagen and is the national symbol of Denmark. It is a
snal statue of a mermaid sitting on a rock Like a real mermaid, she is
hat human, haf fish.
The statue 2)
(inspire) by a fairy tale by the famous
Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. It 3)
(order) by
Carl Jacobsen, of the famous Carlsberg Brewery, after he attended a
performance of The Little Mermaid by the Royal Danish Ballet Company.
2. The statue 4
(make) by Edvard Eriksen and
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(put up) at Langelinie on 23rd August, 1913. Sadly, it
(damage) many times since then.
The Little Mermaid 7)
(visit) by more than a million
people every year. It 8)
(can/see)
quite easily from the Langelinie Harbour. Tourists can also enjoy the
wonderl harbour view and buy postcards, T-shirts and other souvenirs
a the harbour
You will be amazed by this delightful statue, which 9)
(should not/miss) by any visitor to the Copenhagen area.
• Vocabulary Revision Game
11 In teams, use the words/phrases below to make sentences. Each
correct sentence gets one point.
opening, display, admission, free of charge, was discovered, chapels,
were killed, deeply religious, was destroyed, should not be missed.​