Question

Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in
the box.

-discover, -make, -invent, -build, -paint, -write, -give, -steal, -invite, -employ


1) Around £50,000 _____________ from a bank in Oslo last night.
2) The first train _____________ by George Stevenson in the mid 19th century.
3) In China, red envelopes full of money _____________ to children at New Year.
4) X-rays ____ accidentally __________ by Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen in 1896.
5) Hundreds of new homes _____________ since March.
6) Next year 3 million mobile phones _____________ in Finland.
7) Do you think we _____________ to Helen's wedding?
8) Many people in Scotland _____________ in the whisky industry.
9) Romeo and Juliet ____________ by William Shakespeare.
10)La Giocanda ____________ by Picasso.

Answer 1

1.
2. build
3. Give
4. was/ discovered
5. maked
6. employed
7. invited
8. steal
9. writed
10. was painted