Образование страдательного залога в Past Simple

Утвердительная форма

1 л. ед.ч.	I was given.	Мне дали.
2 л. ед. ч.	You were given.	Тебе дали.
3 л. ед. ч.	He was given. She was given. It was given.	Ему дали. Ей дали. Ему дали.
1 л. мн. ч.	We were given.	Нам дали.
2 л. мн.ч.	You were given.	Вам дали.
3 л. мн. ч.	They were given.	Им дали.

Отрицательная форма

1 л. ед.ч.	I was not given.	Мне не дали.
2 л. ед. ч.	You were not given.	Тебе не дали.
3 л. ед. ч.	He was not given. She was given. It was not given.	Ему не дали. Ей не дали. Ему не дали.
1 л. мн. ч.	We were not given.	Нам не дали.
2 л. мн.ч.	You were not given.	Вам не дали.
3 л. мн. ч.	They were not given.	Им не дали.

Вопросительная форма

1 л. ед.ч.	Was I given?	Мне дали?
2 л. ед. ч.	Were you given?	Тебе дали?
3 л. ед. ч.	Was he given? Was she given? Was it given?	Ему дали? Ей дали? Ему дали?
1 л. мн. ч.	Were we given?	Нам дали?
2 л. мн.ч.	Were you given?	Вам дали?
3 л. мн. ч.	Were they given?	Им дали?

EXERCISES

Point out the predicate. Translate the sentences.

1. The telephone was invented by Bell in 1876. 2. Two pictures were stolen from the museum last night. 3. When was the first hamburger made? 4. Where was the first McDonald’s restaurant opened? 5. Maria was asked to sing another song. 6. Australia was discovered by Captain Cook. 7. In the 16^th century tobacco was brought to Europe from America. 8. A lot of trees were cut down to build that house. 9. When was this hospital closed? 10. Where were you born?

Make the sentences negative and interrogative.

Example: These flowers were brought from Holland. – Were these flowers brought from Holland? These flowers were not brought from Holland.

1. This house was built a hundred years ago. 2. The car was produced in Germany. 3. My friend was born in Texas. 4. The office was cleaned last week. 5. The article was published last week. 6. Four people were killed in the accident yesterday. 7. We were woken up by the noise. 8. The room was painted last month. 9. This film was made in 1949. 10. The door was opened with a key.

Open the brackets to put the verbs into Past Simple Passive. Then match column A with column B to make correct sentences.

Column A	Column B
1. America (discover) by	A. the French.
2. London (found) by	B. the Russians.
3. The Statue of Liberty (present) to Americans by	C. John Tolkien.
4. President Lincoln (kill) by	D. Christopher Columbus.
5. “Star Wars” (direct) by	E. Bill Gates and Paul Allen
6. Walkman cassette players (develop) by	F. the Romans.
7. “Sunflowers” (paint) by	G. an actor.
8. “The Lord of Rings” (write) by	H. the Chinese.
9. Paper (invent) by	I. Vincent van Gogh.
10. Microsoft Corporation (start) by	J. George Lucas.

Open the brackets to put the verbs into Past Simple Passive.

Sugar

Sugar cane (grow) in India thousands of years ago. In Roman times it (know) in Europe as a great luxury. In 1493 a sugar plant (take) by Columbus to the West Indies, where it grew so well that huge plantations (start) by Europeans. The plantations (work on) by slaves. The slaves (ship) across the Atlantic from Africa on a journey that took six weeks. The empty ships then carried the sugar back to Europe. So much money (make) that sugar (know) as “white gold”.