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1) Fill in The Blanks in Passive Voice Present or Past Form
1) Fill in The Blanks in Passive Voice Present or Past Form
By Prof. Edu
On December 22, 2000, three armed robbers walked/were walked into the lobby
of the National Museum as it was closing. One thief stood/was stood in the lobby with a
machine gun while the others ran/were run to three specific paintings in different rooms.
Three paintings – two Renoirs and a Rembrandt self-portrait – stole/were stolen.
Together, these three works valued/were valued at $60 million.
At the same time as the theft was taking place, two car fires started/were started
by accomplices in the museum parking lot, confusing police who responded to the security
alarms. In the chaos, the three robbers escaped/were escaped from the waterfront
museum in a powerful speedboat.
The thieves caught/were caught through luck, rather than detective work, when
their apartment raided/was raided by police who were looking for drugs. Instead, the
detectives found the stolen art.