8A Grammar

The passive: present and past simple

1 More wild animals (keep) in American homes

than in American zoos. It’s estimated that there are at least
tigers in private homes.

2A man’s son, granddaughter and great-grandson (be born)

on the same day when he was aged . His wife, daughter
and granddaughter gave birth at the same time.

3 A man who was ill with cancer (tell) he had six months to
live. Ten years later, he went back to his doctors to say he was still alive
– but all the doctors were dead. He died aged .

4 The life of a woman who ordered pizza every day

(save) by a delivery man. The delivery man noticed that the
woman hadn’t placed an order for days.

5 Only $ worth of
tickets (sell) in 1997
6 burgers
for a film called Trojan War.
(serve) in a famous international fast
The film cost $15 million to make.
food restaurant every second.

7 An old box that contained $ million in

gold coins (discover) by a couple walking
near their home in Sierra Nevada.

8 If a piece of paper (fold) in half

times, its thickness would be three-quarters the distance from the
Earth to the Sun (71 million miles).

9 A record number of goals (score)

in one football match in 2002 in Madagascar, when the team AS
Adema beat their rivals Stade Olympique de L’Emyrne.

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