Do you drink Coca-Cola?

Do you think these facts about Coca-Cola are true (

1.
2.
3.
4.

) or false (

)?

1.6 billon litres are sold every day.

Coca-Cola is drunk in every country in the world.
It was invented in Canada.
It is nearly 100 years old.

Complete the text with the passive voice. Then read the story of Coca-Cola and check your answers.
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Things go better with

Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is enjoyed all over the world.
1.6 billon litres __________ (sell) every year, in over one hundred and sixty countries.
The drink ____________ (invent) by Dr John Pemberton in Atlanta as a health drink on
8 May 1886, but it ____________ (give) the name Coca-Cola by his partner, Frank
Robinson, because it _____ originally ________ (make) from the coca (cocaine) plant.
In the first year, only nine drinks a day ____________ (sell).

The business ____________ (buy) by a man called Asa Candler in 1888, and the first
factory ____________ (open) in Dallas, Texas, in 1895. Coca-Cola _____ still ________
(make) there. Billions of bottles and cans __________ (produce) since 1895, but the
recipe _____ still _______ (keep) secret!
Diet Coke ______________ (make) since 1982, and over the years many clever
advertisements ______________ (use) to sell the product. It is certain that Coca-Cola
will be drunk far into the twenty-first century.
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Read the following instructions and fill in

the blanks.

Lay the top surface and add traffic

guides

Construction of the road

Assess the needs

The needs a) _______________ assessed.

Plan the route

The soil samples b) _______________ and

Take the soil samples

Clear and level the route
Put down thick layers of concrete

the route c) _______________. The route is

d) _______________ thick layers of concrete
e) _______________. The top surface f)
_______________ and the traffic guides g)
_______________.