Question

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple Active or Passive Voice. Some newsletters (1) ..... (to begin) during the Renaissance1 in Europe. Merchants (2) ..... (to spread) handwritten documents that (3) ..... (to describe) the la test wars, economic news, and human-interest stories. After Gutenberg (4) ..... (to invent) the printing press in the fifteenth century, printed newsletters (5) ..... (to appear) in the late 1400s. Many “newssheets” in the 16th century even (6) ..... (to have) illustrations.Despite their popularity in Europe, newspapers (7) ..... (to have) a rocky start in colonial America. A newspaper (8) ..... (to call) The Public Occurences (9) ..... (to print) in Boston in 1690. Perhaps it (10) ..... (to document) things too publicly. The publisher (11) ..... (to arrest) by the authorities and all copies of the newspaper (12) ..... (to destroy).Remember, this (13) ..... (to be) before the Bill of Rights* (14) .....(to make) freedom of the press a basic right in America.Work in pairs. Use the prompts to make sentences​

Answer 1

Ответ:

1) were begun

2) spread

3) were described

4) invented

5) were appeared

6) were had

7) were had

8) was called

9) was printed

10) was documented

11) arrested

12) were destroyed

13) was was

14) was made

Answer 2

1. Some newsletters began during the Renaissance in Europe.
2. Handwritten documents were spread by merchants.
3. The latest wars, economic news, and human-interest stories were described.
4. The printing press was invented by Gutenberg in the fifteenth century.
5. Printed newsletters appeared in the late 1400s.
6. Many "newssheets" in the 16th century even had illustrations.
7. Despite their popularity in Europe, newspapers had a rocky start in colonial America.
8. A newspaper called The Public Occurrences was printed in Boston in 1690.
9. It printed things too publicly.
10. The publisher was arrested by the authorities and all copies of the newspaper were destroyed.
11. Remember, this was before the Bill of Rights made freedom of the press a basic right in America.