FACULTAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERÍA

DEPARTAMENTO DE IDIOMAS

PASSIVE VOICE (Lesson 2) – LIN 2

I. ACTIVE OR PASSIVE? CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION

STORY OF THE HAMBURGER

The hamburger eats / is the most eaten food in the whole world. The first hamburgers made /were
made and sold in Connecticut in 1895 by an American called Louis Lassen. Louis was called / called them
hamburgers because he was given / gave the recipe by sailors from Hamburg in Germany.
Hamburgers were became / became a favourite meal in America in the early part of the 20th century.
Their popularity grew even more after the 2nd World War, when they brought / were brought in large
quantities by teenagers who preferred / were preferred fast food to family meals. In 1948, two brothers
Dick and Mac Donald were opened / opened a drive-in hamburger restaurant in San Bernardino,
California.
Since then, over 25,000 McDonald’s restaurants have been opened / opened worldwide and now 35
million MacDonald’s hamburgers eaten / are eaten every day in 115 countries from India to the Arctic
Circle.

II. TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

1. Wine is made from grapes. …………………………………………
2. The pyramids were built nearly 5,000 years ago …………………………………………
3. The document is being sent right now. ………………………………………….
4. Their cars were being washed …………………………………………..
5. The documents will be signed by next week. …………………………………………..
6. A passport can be obtained at the embassy. …………………………………………..
7. Criminals must be stopped …………………………………………..
8. Many cars are made in Japan …………………………………………..
9. The restaurant was renovated in 2019 …………………………………………..
10. The letters have been delivered by UPS. ………………………………………….
11. The road has been repaired …………………………………………
12. A new hospital is being built …………………………………………
13. The homework is sent by whatsapp …………………………………………
14. Explanations are given by zoom …………………………………………
15. Romeo and Juliet was written by Shakespeare ………………………………………..
16. The project has been finished on time …………………………………………
17. It was recorded in 1971 in a studio in Manhattan. …………………………………………
18. The tickets could be bought online …………………………………………
19. Phones mustn’t be used in class …………………………………………
20. Flying cars might be invented soon …………………………………………