Simple Past Passive

Passiv Past Simple

Übungen zur Verwendung des Simple Past im Passiv (Leideform)

⓿Once German________to be the US‘ offical language. Die richtige Lösung ist: was planned

❶The light bulb__________by Thomas Edison.

❷All seats__________at the concert yesterday.

❸The new employees__________at the reception desk.

❹The first bible __________ in Germany.

❺Our products__________like hotcakes at the fair.

❻As a famous rock star I_________ by everybody.

❼Our cakes__________by the best bakers. Now we produce in China.

❽We__________by many people. Now we go totally unnoticed.

❾In many countries cars__________on the left-hand side.

❿My books ________all over the world.

Passivform des Simple Past: was/were + Partizip Perfect
I followed a lot of people on Twitter.	I was followed on Twitter by a lot of people.
We drank a lot of milk.	A lot of milk was drunk at the party.
The manager showed new workers the factory.	New workers were shown the new factory by the manager.