Basic English Sentence Patterns

Exercise 5 
The following sentences are taken from Journey Through History – A Modern 
Course Book 1 published by Aristo Educational Press Limited. 
 
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 
e.g. Were vitamins discovered long time ago? (discover) 
5. Hong Kong ________________ by the British in the period 1842-1997. (rule) 
6. Christianity , the world’s largest religion, ________________ by Jesus Christ in 
the 1
st
century A.D. (start)
7. At first, ancient Egypt ________________ into Upper and Lower Egypt. (divide) 
8. Finally, in 395, Christianity ________________ the empire’s official religion. 
(make) 
9. After Alexander’s death, ancient Greece grew weak. In 146BC, it ____________
__________ by the Romans. (conquer)
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Answers 
 
Exercise 5 
5. was ruled 
6. was started 
7. was divided 
8. was made 
9. was conquered
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Exercise 6 
The following sentences are taken from Understanding Integrated Science for the 
21
st
 Century Book 1A published by Aristo Educational Press Limited. 
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 
e.g. Were vitamins discovered long time ago? (discover) 
 
1. Radio signals ____________ by Titanic asking for help.(send) 
2. The Bunsen burner ________ first ___________by a British physicist and chemist 
called Michael Faraday in the early 19
th
century. It___________ then 
____________by a famous German chemist called Robert Bunsen in 1850. 
(invent, improve) 
3. The earliest scale for measuring temperature ____________ by a Dutchman 
named Gabrief Fahrenheit in the early 1700s. (invent)
4. During the construction of the new airport at Chek Lap Kok, a huge area of the 
sea ___________ into land. (turn) 
5. Microscopes _____________ by Hans and Zacharias Janssen in 1590. (invent) 
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