Passives Write the past participle of each verb:

Now, fill in the blanks using the passive voice:

1. Romeo and Juliet was written by Shakespeare.

2. San Francisco _____________________ by an earthquake in 1906.

was destroyed

3. More traffic accidents ___________________ by drunk drivers than anything else.

are caused

4. The Cathedral of Granada ___________________ by Diego de Siloé.

was designed

write cause design

destroy

5. The Mona Lisa ___________________ by Leonardo da Vinci.

was painted

6. Rice ___________________ by Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese.

is eaten

7. The light bulb ___________________ by Edison.

was invented

8. The Law of Gravity ___________________ by Newton.

was discovered

9. The moons of Jupiter ___________________ by Galileo.

were first seen

10. Everest ___________________ by Sir Edmund Hillary.

was climbed

discover invent climb paint eat

first see

11. Lung cancer ___________________ by smoking.

is caused

12. JFK ___________________ by Lee Harvey Oswald.

was assassinated

13. The pyramids ___________________ for the pharaohs.

were made

14. The Eiffel Tower ___________________ in the 19th century.

was built

15. Jonh ___________________ a present.

was given

16. Cars ______________________ in America, Japan, and Korea.

are manufactured

manufacture build make cause

give assassinate