Passive: simple past

For centuries, millions of African people __________ (take) from their country and __________ (sell) as slaves.

• were taken; were sold

• was taken; was sold

• is taken; is sold

• had been taken; had been sold

The system __________ (call) the ‘trade triangle’.

• was called

• is called

• had been called

• had called

The goods on the trade-ships ___________ (buy) by rich African rulers and traders.

• were bought

• was bought

• are bought

• had been bought

But the goods ______________ (pay for) with people, not money.

• were paid for

• was paid for

• are paid for

• had been paid for

The African captives _____________ (sell) by the British to America, as slaves.

• were sold

• are sold

• was sold

• had been sold

They ____________ (carry) there on slave ships under terrible conditions.

• were carried

• was carried

• are carried

• had been carried

When a captive (= Gefangener) died, his or her body _____________ (throw) overboard.

• was thrown

• were thrown

• is thrown

• had been thrown

In the 18th century, Liverpool’s harbour _____________ (use) mostly by slave ships.

• was used

• were used

• is used

• had been used

Over the years, about 3 million Africans ___________ (take) across the Atlantic – half of them on ships from Liverpool.

• were taken

• was taken

• are taken

• had been taken

Slave trading ____________ (stop) in Britain in 1807, but in the twenty years before, it increased (= nahm zu) dramatically.

• was stopped

• were stopped

• is stopped

• had been stopped