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Grammar
Past simple passive
4 Complete the examples with words from the box. Then check with the text on page 74.
were taken were blocked was closed were hit
th
On 25 August 2005, Florida, Louisiana and other states ....................................... by
1
Hurricane Katrina.
Roads ....................................... and the city’s airport ....................................... .
2
3
4
Hundreds of people ....................................... to the sports stadium for safety.
We use was / were + past participle to form the Past simple passive.
5 Decide if the sentences below are active (A) or passive (P).
1 Many people were trapped in the city.
2 The hurricane travelled to the west.
3 1,800 people were killed in the hurricane.
4 Towns in the area were damaged.
5 Most of the city was under water.
6 The earthquake measured 8.25 on the Richter scale.
6 Rewrite the news headlines as Past simple passive sentences. Don’t forget to add
other words (a, the, etc.).
Thousands of Village Hundreds
homes destroyed flooded by of trees
by hurricane heavy rain damaged in
forest fire
Thousands of homes
1 .......................................................... 2 .......................................................... 3 ..........................................................
were destroyed by the
.......................................................... .......................................................... ..........................................................
hurricane.
.......................................................... .......................................................... ..........................................................
No one hurt Capital city hit Two cars buried
by avalanche by huge in mudslide
earthquake
4 .......................................................... 5 .......................................................... 6 ..........................................................
.......................................................... .......................................................... ..........................................................
.......................................................... .......................................................... ..........................................................
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