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S Read the text. Are these sentences true or false? Make these sentences passive. lf appropriate, write who or
1 The Vetocipede was the first bicycle ever buitt. what performed the action.
2 Bicycles with backrests are slower, but more comfortable. 1 Kirkpatrick MacMiltan buitt the first bicycle in 1839.
3 China manufactures about 80 million bicyctes a year. Tha fire't biclc\a wae built b1 KirKpatricK MacMillan in t?r7q.
2 People ride bicycles all the time in Oxford.
3 Do they hotd the Tour de France every year?
In the 1860s, a two-i,r'heeled bicycle with pedals was built
4 They've banned cars from the centre of Rome.
by a Frenchman called Ernest Michaux. Other kinds
5 Sam Wittingham set the wortd record for the fastest
ofbicycle had been invented earlier in the century, but
speed on a bicycte.
Ernest Michaux's invention, the Velocipede, was easier 6 Peopte are designing faster bikes all the time.
to ride and thousands were soid throughout Europe from
7 Ihey won't a[[ow etectric bikes to compete in races.
1869. Over the next few decades, severai improvements
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1,,'ere made: tyres were fitted to the wheels and later, a
chain v,,'as added to the pedals. Complete the text using the active or passive form of the
More recently, bicycles have been invented r,l'ith pedals at verbs in bracl<ets.
the front and a seat with a backrest. They're comfortable
to ride, and they're fast too. Tlv Toqr lc Fra,nu l- (hotd) atmost every year
in France since 1903. About twenty teams of cyclists
Bicycles are more popular today than 2-
ever bef'ore. About 80 rnillion (take part) with nine riders in each team.
The race lasts for 21 days and in that time, about 3,200
new bicycles are manufactured. t a_
kilometres (cover). A few changes
every year in China alone! (make) to the route every year, but the race always
In cities around the world, 5- (end) on the Champs-Etys6es in Paris.
cycle lanes are being built and The first Tour de France 6- (win) by Maurice Garin.
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cycling is being encouraged by The following year, Garin (disqualify) because
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governments. It's possible that he (travel) part of the distance by train. ln fact,
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in the early days, competitors often (cheat)
in ten or twenty years' time, 10-
and some competitors (attack) by fans of their
cars will be banned from city
rivals!
centres and only cyclists and ll-
Advertising (allow) since 1930, when organisers
pedestrians will be allowed. t' (agree) to allow lorries to follow the cyclists for
the first time. Today, about't1 million free items 13-
(give) to spectators each year during the race.
Complete the table with the examples of the passive in red
in the text.

present simpte
resent continuous ffiffi ln pairs, complete the sentences with a passive
past simpte form of the verb in bracl<ets. Then choose the correct
information.
1 The world's first ptane (fty) by the Wright
brothers in 1803 I 7903 I 7953.
2 ln 2000, the Channel Tunnel (open) between
England and France / lreland / Wales.
Read the Learn this! box. Match the examples of the Ticl<ets for spaceftights (sett) today by Virgin
passive in exercise l with a and b below. Gatactic for 52,000 / SZO,OOO / SzOO,OOO each.
-t The construction of Sagrada Familio in Barcelona I Paris I
We use the passive when: Milan (not finish) unlil2026.
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a we don't know who or what performed the action. Skoda cars (manufacture) in Hungary / the
b we want to focus mainty on the action itself. Czech Republic / Romania.
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We may know who performed it, in which case we According to US ptans, a manned spacecraft
can add by ... to say who or what the agent is. i (send) to Saturn / Mars /.lupiter in around 2030.

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