Passive Voice

Passives
Write the past participle of each verb under the verb: paint, painted
paint write discover invent build climb manufacture kill cause grow eat
first see make shoot assassinate destroy
Fill in the blanks using the passive voice:
(1) Romeo and Juliet was _written _by_________Shakespeare.
(2) San Francisco __was destroyed__________ an earthquake in 1906.
(3) More traffic accidents _____are caused____________ drunk drivers than anything else.
(4) The Sistine Chapel ___was built _by_______ Michelangelo.
(5) The Mona Lisa ___was painted______________ Leonardo da Vinci.
(6) Rice _____is grown by______________ Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese.
(7) The light bulb _______was invented__________ Edison.
(8) The Law of Gravity _was discovered_____________ Newton.
(9) The moons of Jupiter ___was discovered by____ Galileo.
(10) Everest _was first seen__________________ Sir Edmund Hillary.
(11) Lung cancer ______killed_____________ smoking.
(12) JFK _____ assassinated______________ Lee Harvey Oswald.
(13) The pyramids ______were first seen_____________ the pharaohs.
(14) The Eiffel Tower ___was built________________ in the 19th century.
(15) The Sphinx’s nose ___was shooted________________ Napoleon.
(16) Cars _____are manufactured _________________ in America, Japan, and Korea.