Name : …………………………………………………………………………………………. Date : …………………………………………………………..

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PRACTICAL WORK Nº 16 - PASSIVE VOICE- (Surgery Instrumentation – I)
1) Write complete sentences from the words in brackets. Use the Past Simple passive.

0 (St. Paul‟s Cathedral/complete/ in 1710)

St Paul’s Cathedral was completed in 1710
0 (Millions of Beatles records/sell/in the 1960s)
Millions of Beatles were sold in the 1960s.
1 (The planet Pluto/discover/in 1930)
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2 (Two atomic bombs/drop/on Japan in 1945)
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3 (John F. Kennedy/kill/in Dallas)
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4 (The first Apple computers/produce/in the 1970s)
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5 (The Eiffel Tower/build/a hundred years ago)
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6 (The first jet planes/make/in Germany)
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7 (The Taj Mahal/build/in the l7th century)
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8 (In 1957, millions of pounds/steal/from a train)
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9 (Queen Elizabeth/crown/in 1953)
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10 (In the old days, horses/use/for transport)
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11 (The first books/print/in the 15th century)
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12 (Everest/climb/for the first time in 1953)
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2) Each of the following sentences tells us something about a person. Express the same fact
in a sentence that tells us about the thing and that has a passive verb. Use by.

O) Picasso painted „Guernica‟.

“Guernica” was painted by Picasso.
1) Alexander Fleming discovered the drug penicillin.
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2 ) The Beatles wrote the song “Yesterday”.
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3 ) Agatha Christie created the detective Hercule Poirot.

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4) Beethoven composed the “Eroica” symphony.
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5) Margaret Mitchell wrote „Gone with the Wind‟.
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6) Alexander Bell invented the telephone.
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7) Frank Whittle designed the jet engine.
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8) Steven Spielberg directed “Jurassic Park”.
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9) Leonardo da Vinci painted the “Mona Lisa”.
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3. Use a passive sentence to say the same as the sentence in brackets, but do not say who did the
action. Use the correct tense.

0. They asked John a lot of difficult questions.

John was asked a lot of difficult questions.
1. They gave Mary some flowers.
Mary …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. They offered Jane a wonderful job.
Jane …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. He will give all the children a present.
All the children …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Somebody sent me a strange letter.
I ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. They will pay Mrs Jenkins over five hundred pounds.
Mrs Jenkins …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. Her parents have promised Ann a bicycle for her birthday.
Ann …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. They gave Madame Curie the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911.
Madame Curie …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
8. They didn‟t tell us the truth.
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