Important landmarks were built near the
Thames.
The tourists weren’t taken on a boating trip.
Was the Thames used
for entertainment in the
past?
1.
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE VERBS IN BRACKETS. USE
THE PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE.
THEN ADD THE CORRECT PERSON.
1. The painting Salisbury Cathedral __________________________ (paint) by ______________________.
2. The books David Copperfield and Oliver Twist _____________________________ (write) by __________________.
3. The song Yesterday _____________________________ (sing) by _____________________________.
4. Many famous suspense films ____________________________ (make) by ______________________________.
5. St. Paul’s Cathedral and many other buildings ____________________________ (build) by ___________________.
6. A school for nurses _____________________________ (open) in London by ___________________________.
2.- COMPLETE THE NEWS ARTICLE WITH THE VERBS IN BRACKETS. USE THE PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE.
3.- COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS IN THE QUIZ WITH THE VERBS BELOW. USE THE PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE.
1. Where ___________________________ (golf) for the first time?
2. Which famous British landmark _________________________ more than 4,000 years ago?
3. When ____________________________________________ (many London buildings) in a fire?
4. Which two plays _______________________________________ by Shakespeare?
5. When ___________________________________________ (the first mini skirt)?
the Beatles artist John Constable Alfred Hitchcock Charles Dickens
Florence Nightingale architect Christopher Wren
__________________________________________________Wednesday, 18th January 2009
Polar Bears on the
Thames_________________________________
Two strange visitors 1. _______________________ (see) on
the river Thames earlier today. At 8 o’clock this
morning, surprised Londoners saw a polar bear and
her cub on the river Thames. The five-metre sculpture
2. _______________________ (pull) by a boat from
Greenwich to the Houses of Parliament.
The giant sculpture 3. _____________________ (create) by
15 artists. It 4. ______________________ (make) to show
people the desperate situation of the polar bear.
Because of the global warming, the polar bear has lost
much of its natural habitat.
The River Thames has had some other unusual
visitors. In 2004, some dolphins 5. ___________________
build play write wear