Passive sentences (Pre- Intermediate) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Revision of passive sentences in present and past.

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Coca Cola ................ (make) with colouring so it's not green. TRUE or FALSE?

IS MADE / TRUE

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Alaska ................. (buy) from Russia for 7 million dollars in 1867. TRUE or FALSE?

WAS BOUGHT / TRUE

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The Statue of Liberty ................. (give) to the United States by Great Britain in 1886. TRUE or FALSE?

WAS GIVEN / FALSE

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Potatoes ...................... (not grow) in Europe until 1536. TRUE or FALSE?

WEREN'T GROWN / TRUE

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English school children ...................... (not teach) foreign languages at school. TRUE or FALSE?

AREN'T TAUGHT / FALSE

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The Pyramids in Egypt.................... (hide) under sand for 2,000 years. TRUE or FALSE?

WERE HIDDEN / FALSE

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The Da Vinci Code ................... (write) by Dan Brown in just three weeks. TRUE or FALSE?

WAS WRITTEN / FALSE

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The British prime minister ...................... (choose) by the queen or king. TRUE or FALSE?

IS CHOSEN / FALSE

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The first photo ....................... (take) by the Chinese in the early 1700s. TRUE or FALSE?

WAS TAKEN / FALSE

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The Mona Lisa .................... (steal) in 1911 and lost for two years. TRUE or FALSE?

WAS STOLEN / TRUE

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In Sweden, coffee .................... (drink) by children on their birthday. TRUE or FALSE?

IS DRUNK / FALSE

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Happy Birthday .................... (sing) more than any other English song. TRUE or FALSE?

IS SUNG / TRUE

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The giant panda ............................ (find) in only two countries - China and Burma. TRUE or FALSE?

IS FOUND / FALSE

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The Simpsons cartoon .................. (show) for the first time in 1989. TRUE or FALSE?

WAS SHOWN / TRUE

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Cars ....................(drive) on the left in Sweden until 1967. TRUE or FALSE?

WERE DRIVEN / TRUE

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More chocolate ..................(eat) by Italians than any other nationality. TRUE or FALSE?

IS EATEN / FALSE

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