Open the brackets in Passive Voice. Translate the texts.
A good or a bad invention?
Our lives …. (make) better every day thanks to inventions. But sometimes, inventions can make our lives worse. This can happen when an invention …. (not use) according to the inventor’s plan. For example, Alfred Nobel, a Swedish scientist, invented a strong explosive in 1867. It … (call) dynamite and it revolutionized the world of engineering. After its invention, many bridges, tunnels and other structures ….. (build) with the help of dynamite. However, dynamite …. (also, use) to kill people in wars. This upset Nobel. Before his death, Nobel decided to use the money from his famous invention to make the world a better place. A special fund … (start) in Nobel’s name. Every year, Nobel prizes … (give) for extraordinary work in science, medicine, literature and the promotion of world peace.
Where is the rice grown?
People usually think that rice … (grow) in China. But did you know that there’s a place in Spain full of rice fields? They …. (locate) in north-eastern Spain on the banks of the Ebro Delta at the Rjet Vell nature reserve. 300 tonnes of rice … (produce) each year. The first rice … (plant) here in 2003. Chemicals … (not use) in the fields before 2003 so the rice is organic. Lots of birds … (help) by the rice fields, including herons and flamingos. The rice …. (buy) by many countries, including Germany. In 2004 the rice … (give) an organic food award.
How is paper produced
Fill in the gaps with verbs in Passive Voice.
add • dry • introduce • invent • mix • not make • not need • produce • use (x2)
Paper …. from wood. The fibres of wood from trees … with water until they become a soft wet pulp, which … . This method of paper-making … in the 2nd century BC in China. However, early writing material … always … from wood. In fact, the word paper comes from papyrus plants which … by the Egyptians to make a form of paper in 3,000 BC. When machines for paper making … in the 19th century, paper became easy to afford. Today, one of the problems with the huge production of paper is that a chemical called chlorine … to make the paper white. “Recycling is important, because chlorine … and less energy … for recycled paper.
