Match the pictures of the inventions of recent years with their names (1-6).
Say if the following sentences are true or false.
1. The structure of DNA was discovered in 1992.
2. The television set was first shown in a bookshop.
3. The first personal computer was launched by Microsoft.
4. The first affordable cars were produced in the USA.
Complete the following sentences with the past simple passive of the verbs in brackets.
1. The first TV remote controls … (use) in the 1950s in the USA. One of the early models … (develop) in 1952, and it … (call) ‘Lazy Bones’.
2. In 1996 a sheep called ‘Dolly’ … (clone) by British scientists from a single cell that … (take) from a six-year-old female sheep.
3. Clothes … (hand-wash) by rubbing the clothing with rocks in a river, or by using a wash board before the invention of the washing machine.
4. The first affordable cars … (produce) by Henry Ford.
5. Text messages … (use) in Asia and Europe before they became popular in the USA in the mid 2000s.
6. The Internet began in 1969 as The Arpanet data network, which … (establish) by the US Department of Defense and … (suppose) to link computer networks at several universities and research laboratories in the United States.

1. Match the pictures of the inventions of recent years with their names (1–6).

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2. Say if the following sentences are true or false.

1. The structure of DNA was discovered in 1992. — False. (The structure of DNA was discovered in 1953.)

2. The television set was first shown in a bookshop. — True.

3. The first personal computer was launched by Microsoft. — False.

4. The first affordable cars were produced in the USA. — True.

3. Complete the following sentences with the past simple passive of the verbs in brackets.

1. The first TV remote controls were used in the 1950s in the USA. One of the early models was developed in 1952, and it was called ‘Lazy Bones’.

2. In 1996 a sheep called ‘Dolly’ was cloned by British scientists from a single cell that was taken from a six-year-old female sheep.

3. Clothes were hand-washed by rubbing the clothing with rocks in a river, or by using a wash board before the invention of the washing machine.

4. The first affordable cars were produced by Henry Ford.

5. Text messages were used in Asia and Europe before they became popular in the USA in the mid 2000s.

6. The Internet began in 1969 as The Arpanet data network, which was established by the US Department of Defense and was supposed to link computer networks at several universities and research laboratories in the United States.

Краткое объяснение грамматики

В этих предложениях используется Past Simple Passive (пассивный залог в прошедшем времени).

Формула:

was / were + V3 (третья форма глагола)

• Was — используется с существительными в единственном числе.

• Were — используется с существительными во множественном числе.

Примеры:

• was developed — был разработан;

• was called — назывался;

• were used — использовались;

• were produced — производились;

• was established — был основан.

Все ответы в третьем задании приведены в правильной форме Past Simple Passive.