Question

Fill in the blanks with in the corect form of the verb in brackets(Pasive or Active),or with the impersonal IT and the verb given .

1) When wristwatches first ___ (appear) at around the turn of the century, ___ (people in generalb- think) they aere ridiculous .Less resistant to shock and humidity than the old chain watches ,they ___ (consider) wholly unreliable. ____ (people in general _ believed ) they hâd Little furure .

2) Durring the Napoleonic wars ,the French ___ (neted) to feed their army . Napoleon offered a prize of 12,000 francs for a solution . That is when the țin can ___( invent).
Tin cans ___ (send) to the battlefield.But the problem was then how to open ghem . This proces very difficult. Many of Napoleon's soldiers ___ (go) into battle with only bine fingers! This went on for some time untul finally the țin opener ___( invent)

3) The first waterproof watch,the Rolex Oyster,___(make) by the Rolex comoany of Geneva .To test the first batch of watches,they ___(immerse) in water for three weeks .___ ( people in general _ think) the time _ keeping would Be affected but it zid not show the slightest variaționale.

Answer 1

first appeared,
it was thought,
they were considered
it was believed

needed
was invented
were sent
went
was invented

3)was made
   were immersed
   it was thought