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    The document is an exercise from e-grammar.org about using the past simple passive tense. It provides 9 sentences about life in 19th century Britain and asks the reader to complete each sentence by filling in a blank with the correct past simple passive form of the verb in brackets. The sentences describe that lamps and candles were used for light, coaches were bought to travel, bicycles were ridden along with horses, simple houses were built for poor families, luxurious palaces were owned by wealthy families, top hats and suits were worn by men in cities, dresses were designed to hide women's legs, girls from well-off families were educated at home, and boys from rich families were sent to public schools. It concludes

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    The document is an exercise from e-grammar.org about using the past simple passive tense. It provides 9 sentences about life in 19th century Britain and asks the reader to complete each sentence by filling in a blank with the correct past simple passive form of the verb in brackets. The sentences describe that lamps and candles were used for light, coaches were bought to travel, bicycles were ridden along with horses, simple houses were built for poor families, luxurious palaces were owned by wealthy families, top hats and suits were worn by men in cities, dresses were designed to hide women's legs, girls from well-off families were educated at home, and boys from rich families were sent to public schools. It concludes

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    Past simple passive: exercise 1

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    Exercise 1

    Complete these sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple passive.

    Life in the 19th century in Britain

    Lamps and candles ......was ….used..................... for light, because there was no
    electricity. (use)

    A coach instead of a car ..........were.....bougth................. to move from place to place.


    (buy)

    By the 1860's bicycles .............were......rode .............. along with horses. (ride)

    A simple small house ......was.....built..................... by a poor family. (build)

    Luxurious palaces .........was......owned................. by wealthy aristocratic families.


    (own)

    Top hats and suits with tails .........were ….wore........ by men in cities. (wear)

    A dress ...........was........designed.................... to hide woman's legs. (design)

    Girls from well-off families ..........were..educated ............... at home. (educate)

    Boys from rich families ..........was.....sent.................. to public schools. (sent)

    A child from a poor family ...........were.........forced................ to work. (force)

    ESL worksheets on e-grammar.org

    Luis Octavio Aguilar Lopez

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