Past Simple Passive. World Inventions

1. Past Simple Passive

World Inventions

2.

Volkswagen cars are made in
Germany.
Present Simple Passive:
S + am/is/are + V3/ Ved
Volkswagen Beetle was
designed by Ferdinand
Porsche.
Past Simple Passive:
S + was/were + V3/ Ved

3.

A locomotive (invent)

4.

A locomotive was invented
by an Englishman in 1804.

5.

Toothpaste (invent)

6.

Toothpaste was invented
by the Romans in 906.

7.

The first cassettes (design)

8.

The first cassettes were
designed
by a Dutch company in
1962.

9.

The first modern Olympic
Games (play)

10.

The first modern Olympic
Games were played
in Greece in 1896.

11.

The first underground
railway (open)

12.

The first underground
railway was opened
in London in 1863.

13.

The first World Cup (hold)

14.

The first World Cup was
held
in Uruguay in 1930.

15.

Mirrors (invent)

16.

Mirrors were invented
by Egyptians about 5000
years ago.

17.

The raincoat (invent)

18.

The raincoat was invented
by a Scotch Ch. Macintosh in
1823.

19.

Paper (invent)

20.

Paper was invented
in China about 2000 years
ago.

21.

The first pair of jeans
(make)

22.

The first pair of jeans was
made
by a German Levi Strauss in
1873

23.

Correct these sentences:
Before Europeans arrived, America (populate) by Native
Americans.
America (discover) by Christopher Columbus.
The first colonies (found) by Great Britain.
Each colony (control) by the British king.
The Declaration of Independence (write) by Thomas Jefferson.
The Declaration of Independence (adopt) on July, 4th, 1776.
Independence Day (celebrate) on July 4th every year.
The Constitution (write) in 1787 after the War of Independence.
At that time, Africans (take) to America and (sell) as slaves.
Slaves in the South (free) by the Emancipation Proclamation.
In the 1960s, some groups of people (discriminate).
‘I Have a Dream’ speech (give) by Martin Luther King, Jr.