Basic English Sentence Patterns

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Exercise 2 
1. was attacked
2. were built 
3. were trapped 
4. were eaten 
5. was saved 
6. was given 
7. was broken 
8. was checked 
9. were punished 
10. was written
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Exercise 3 
The following sentences are taken from Living Geography Book 1A published by 
Addison Wesley Longman China Limited. 
 
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 
e.g. Were vitamins discovered long time ago? (discover) 
1. As more and more offices ____________________ in Central, land was not 
enough. (build) 
2. The streets in the inner city ____________________ many years ago when there 
were very few cars. (build) 
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Exercise 3 
1. were built 
2. were built
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Exercise 4 
The following sentences are taken from Living Geography Book 1B published by 
Addison Wesley Longman China Limited. 
 
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 
e.g. Were vitamins discovered long time ago? (discover) 
 
3. Industries ___________________ in residential areas, like the Yuexiu District of 
Guangzhou and San Po Kong of Hong Kong. Highways or flyovers __________ 
_______________ right in the front of people’s homes. (find, build) 
4. In more developed countries, city centres ___________________ a long time ago. 
(develop) 
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Exercise 4 
3. were found, were built 
4. were developed
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