Passive Voice Exercises A

Complete the sentence with the correct past participle form of the verb in brackets.

1. In ancient times, fires (light) ____________________ to use smoke as a signal over long distances.

Complete the sentence with the correct past participle form of the verb in brackets.

2. Morse code (invent) __________________ by an American called Samuel Morse.

Complete the sentence with the correct past participle form of the verb in brackets.

3. The world’s first television images (show) ____________________ to scientists in Scotland in 1926.

Complete the sentence with the correct past participle form of the verb in brackets.

4. Radios (use) ____________________ to broadcast coded messages during the Second World War.

Complete the sentence with the correct past participle form of the verb in brackets.

5. The World Wide Web (design) ____________________ originally to make it easier for nuclear physics researchers to communicate.

Complete the sentence with the correct past participle form of the verb in brackets.

6. Buying books and CDs over the internet (make) ____________________ popular by the company Amazon.

Complete the sentence with the correct past participle form of the verb in brackets.

7. The first mobile phones with cameras (sell) ____________________in Japan.

Complete the sentence with the correct past participle form of the verb in brackets.

8. Vinyl albums and tapes (replace) ____________________by CDs, which are now being replaced by mp3 files.

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9. The first English dictionary (write) ____________________by Robert Cawdrey in 1604.

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10. The first mass-produced cars (introduced) ____________________by the Ford company in the USA.