Structure

Passive Voice（Simple Past Tense）

被动语态（一般过去时）

被动语态（一般过去时）谓语结构如下：

was，were+过去分词

Exercises

1.Choose the best answer for each sentence.根据句意选择最佳答案。

1）Paper________first invented in China.

A.is　　B.are　　C.was　　D.were

2）It snowed heavily last night.The ground________thick snow.

A.was covered with　　B.was filled with

C.was made of　　D.covered with

3）________a new library________in our school last year？

A.Is；built　　B.Was；built　　C.Were；build　　D.Did；build

4）His books________by a woman ten minutes ago.

A.took away　　B.is taken

C.was taken off　　D.were taken away

5）________the pens________by your father last week？

A.Has，bought　　B.Were，bought　　C.Was，buy　　D.Did，buy

6）Presents________me by my friends on my birthday.

A.were given to　　B.is giving　　C.is given for　　D.was given to

7）—When________the People’s Republic of China________？

—On October 1st，1949.

A.was…find　　B.did…found

C.was…founded　　D.is…founded

8）The girl was unhappy because she________by some boys in the class.

A.is laughed　　B.was laughed

C.laughed at　　D.was laughed at

9）Mary________many songs at the party.

A.heard sing　　B.was heard to sing

C.was heard sing　　D.heard to sing

10）Yesterday a visitor________something about his hometown by the reporter.

A.was asked　　B.asked　　C.is asked　　D.was asking

2.Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the given words.用所给动词的适当形式填空。

1）The cinema________（build）in 2016.

2）The bottles________（break）by the cat yesterday.

3）________（be）the car________（repair）in the garage two hours ago？

4）In the past，bullet trains________（not take）by most people to travel.

5）These songs________（like）by us three years ago.

6）The sports meeting________（hold）last week.

7）We________（tell）yesterday that Jane would come back from Shanghai.

8）________（be）the TV set________（make）in Shenzhen last April？