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Exercises On The Passive Voice - Simple Past: Datos Del Alumno

Orlando Barceló's student information is provided, including his name, ID number, and school/section. The document then provides exercises on the passive voice in English involving filling in verbs in the simple past passive form. It covers when buildings and other structures were constructed, exercises changing sentences to the passive voice and indicating the correct tense, an accident reported to a journalist with verbs changed to the passive, and the history of developments being put into the passive voice indicating when they occurred.

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Exercises On The Passive Voice - Simple Past: Datos Del Alumno

Orlando Barceló's student information is provided, including his name, ID number, and school/section. The document then provides exercises on the passive voice in English involving filling in verbs in the simple past passive form. It covers when buildings and other structures were constructed, exercises changing sentences to the passive voice and indicating the correct tense, an accident reported to a journalist with verbs changed to the passive, and the history of developments being put into the passive voice indicating when they occurred.

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Datos del alumno:

Name: Orlando Barcel


CI: 27603737
Escuela:50
Seccion: B

Exercises on the passive voice -


simple past

Simple past passive

A: St. Paul's Cathedral _ ____________ Was built _____ (build) by Sir


Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London. Wasn't it?

B: Yes, it was. But I don't know exactly when _________ it was


constructed_________ (construct),
A: A lot of buildings _______Were destroyed___________ (destroy) in the
Great Fire.

B: But surprisingly, not many people _________Were killed_________ (kill).

When was it done?


These are the notes on the history of Mancroft College. Write down what was
done and when.

a) In 1990: They built the school


Mancroft school was built in 1990
b)In 1995:added 5 new classrooms
Five new classrooms were added in 1995
c) In 1996:put up a new gym
A new gym was put up in 1996
d) In 1999: Renovated playground
The playground was renovated in 1999
e) In 2000: Put in new windows
New windows were put in 2000
f) In 2011: Painted whole school
Whole school was painted in 2011

How do you know?:


Fill in the correct form of the verb and decide whether
there must be a "by-agent" or not.
1. The earliest numbers ____________were written______________
(write) about 5000 years ago
2. The first alphabet _____________was used_____________
(use) in Syria about 3,500 years ago.
3. The first Christmas card ___________was sent_______________ (send)
in 1853
4. Paper ______was_____ first ________Produced_________ (produce)
by the Chinese in 105 AD.
5. The first biros ____________Were made______________ (make) Lazlo
Biro from Hungary
6. Pencils _____________Were first made_____________ (first, make)
in the 1790s in France and England
7. Felt-tips ____________Were first used______________ (first, use)
the Japanese in 1964
8. Personal Computers (PCs) _____________Were first
sold_____________ (first, sell) in the 1970s.
9. Plastic _____________was firts produced_____________ (first,
produce) in 1862.
10.The first watch ______________Was made____________ (make) a
Bavarian in 1504.
11.The first bar of chocolate _____________was made_____________
(make) in 1819.
12.Tobacco ___________Was smoked_______________ (smoke) the
American Indians.
13.It _____________it was brought_____________ (bring) to Europe in
the 1500s
14.. Movies ______________Were first seen____________ (first, see) in
New York in 1885

The accident
What does the boy tell the reporter? Put in the right verb forms

Reporter: What can you tell me about the accident? How did it happen?

Boy: Well, there was a girl on a bike and the car _____________ Was
driven______________ (drive) by a man. I don't think the girl saw the car
because of the trees here.

She ___________Was hurt________________ (hurt) in the accident, but the


man _____________Was hurt______________ (hurt), too. He couldn't open the
door of the car, he _____________Was trapped______________ (trap). The
police and firemen ______________Were Called_____________ (call) and the
man ______Was rescued___________________ (rescue) with their special
equipment. The girl ________Was taken___________________ (take) to
hospital, and the man, too. It was a good thing that nobody _______ Was
killed____________________ (kill). This is a really dangerous road. Two boys
___________Were injured________________ (injure) here last year, but
nothing ________________Was done___________ (do). It's still not safe here.

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