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    The monument was given to Mexico by Italy as a present for Mexico's 100th anniversary. It was designed by a famous Italian architect and completed in Italy in September 1889. In 260 pieces, the monument was then shipped to Guadalajara, Mexico, where it arrived on June 17, 1891. The pieces were put together and the opening ceremony took place on October 15, 1891. The monument is 46 meters high including its base. It represents the freedom of the Mexican people and holds a sword and shield. Every year, many people from around the world visit the monument.

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    The monument was given to Mexico by Italy as a present for Mexico's 100th anniversary. It was designed by a famous Italian architect and completed in Italy in September 1889. In 260 pieces, the monument was then shipped to Guadalajara, Mexico, where it arrived on June 17, 1891. The pieces were put together and the opening ceremony took place on October 15, 1891. The monument is 46 meters high including its base. It represents the freedom of the Mexican people and holds a sword and shield. Every year, many people from around the world visit the monument.

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    1.1 - Práctica Voz Pasiva 1

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    Ivan Gonzalez Coria
    The monument was given to Mexico by Italy as a present for Mexico's 100th anniversary. It was designed by a famous Italian architect and completed in Italy in September 1889. In 260 pieces, the monument was then shipped to Guadalajara, Mexico, where it arrived on June 17, 1891. The pieces were put together and the opening ceremony took place on October 15, 1891. The monument is 46 meters high including its base. It represents the freedom of the Mexican people and holds a sword and shield. Every year, many people from around the world visit the monument.

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    1- Read the text and complete the gaps with the correct active or passive voice of the

    verbs in brackets.

    The monument (give) …………………………… to Mexico by Italy. It (be) …………………. a present on


    the 100th anniversary of Mexico. This monument (design) …………………………………………….. by a
    famous Italian architect. It (complete) …………………… in Italy in September 1889. In 260 pieces,
    the monument then (ship) ………………………………… to Guadalajara, where it (arrive)
    ……………………………… on the 17th June, 1891.
    The pieces (put)…………………………………………. together and the opening ceremony (take)
    ………………………………. place on the 15th October, 1891. The monument (be)
    ……………………………… 46 m high (93 m including the base).
    The monument (represent) …………………………….freedom of the mexican peoples. It (hold)
    ………………………………. a sword and a shield.
    Every year, the monument (visit)…………………………………. by many people from all over the
    world.

    2- Complete with the correct form of the verbs in active or passive voice.

    The President ………. (go) through a painful experience yesterday. While she ……………………. (go)
    to Parliament to deliver a speech about the National Health Plan, she …………………………..
    (realise) that the text of her speech …………………………. (leave) in her office. It …………………….
    (be) too late to go back and she ………………………….. (force) to improvise the speech. While she
    …………………………… (talk), she …………………… (forget) the name of the Minister of Health, who
    …………………………….. (appoint) only a few days earlier and …………………………… (call) her the
    wrong name. the MPs ……………………………. (boo). At that moment the President’s secretary,
    who …………………… (go) back to the office to get the speech, …………………… (want) to hand it
    over to her. As he ………………………. (approach) the President, he ………………… (trip) over a wire
    and ……………………… (break) his arm. The session …………….(have) to be interrupted and the
    poor man …………………………. (take) to hospital. The President ……………………………. (apologise) to
    the Minister of Health and …………………………… (finish) her speech. Her secretary
    ……………………….. (treat) for his broken arm now and he ………………………….. (not go) to work in
    the next 2 weeks. The plaster of his arm …………………………(change) next Monday and doctors
    …………………………….. (take) it out by the end of next month.

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