Exercise 3 - Forming the Passive
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The Eiffel Tower ________________ (name) after it designer and engineer, Gustave Eiffel.
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English grammar exercise on-line for elementary level students - the passive. Forming the Passive using verbs in the brackets.
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The Eiffel Tower ________________ (name) after it designer and engineer, Gustave Eiffel. It ________________ (built) between 1887 and 1889 and it ________________ (use) as the entrance arch to 1889 World Fare. It is 324 metres tall and it ________________ (make) of iron. It ________________ (finish) on 31 March 1889, and ________________ (open) on 6 May.
The tower _______________ much ________________ (criticise) by the public when it was built. It ______________ only ________________ (mean) to be kept for 20 years. People didn't like the Eiffel Tower and they wanted to take it down. By this time, the tower _______________ (use) to help with communications.
Nowadays the tower has become the symbol of Paris and France.