For 9-th form

Past Simple Passive
1. The earliest numbers __________________________ (write) about 5000 years ago.
2. The first alphabet __________________________ (use) in Syria about 3,500 years ago.
3. The first Christmas card __________________________ (send) in 1853.
4. Paper ___________ first _________________ (produce) by the Chinese in 105 AD.
5. The first biros __________________________ (make) Lazlo Biro from Hungary.
6. Pencils __________________________ (first, make) in the 1790s in France and England.
7. Felt-tips __________________________ (first, use) the Japanese in 1964.
8. Personal Computers (PCs) __________________________ (first, sell) in the 1970s.
9. Plastic __________________________ (first, produce) in 1862.
10. The first watch __________________________ (make) a Bavarian in 1504.
11. The first bar of chocolate __________________________ (make) in 1819.
12. Tobacco __________________________ (smoke) the American Indians.
13. It __________________________ (bring) to Europe in the 1500s.
14. Movies __________________________ (first, see) in New York in 1885.