Question

Use a verb from the box in the passive to complete the Wimbledon website page. (allow;choose;eat;hold;sell;use;use;win;wear;play)
Ex: The first Wimbledon tournament was held in 1877.
1. That year, the men's championship ................. by Spencer William Gore. He didn't even like the game. He preferred cricket!
2. The youngest women's champion was Lottie Dod. She was only fifteen when she won her first championship in 1887. Long dresses ................ by women tennis players in those days, but Lottie ................. to wear a skirt because she was so young.
3. Before 1986, while tennis balls ............... at Wimbledon. Yellow balls ................. now because they show up better on television.
4. The game .............. on grass courts.
5. Every day, used balls ............... to raise money for British school.
6. Every year, 182 pupils from The Beacon School in Banstead .................. to become ball boys and girls.
7. Twenty-seven thousands strawberries ............... at last year's Wimbledon with seven thousand litres of cream. (Snapshot ex. 3 pag. 49)

Answer 1

1. was won
2. were worn - was allowed
3. were used - are used
4. was played
5. are sold
6. are chosen
7. were eaten