Question

Use a verb from the box in the passive to complete the Wimbledon website page.
-allow
-choose
-eat
-HOLD
-sell
-use
-win
-wear
-play
-use
Exemple. 1. The first Wimbledon tournament WAS HELD in 1877.
.......... by Spencer William Gore. He didn't even like the game. He prefered cricket!
2. The youngest women's champion was Lottie Dod. She was only 15 when she won her first championship in 1887. Long dresses .......... by womem 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 year, used balls ......... to raise money for British schools.
6. Every year, 182 pupils from the Beacon School in Breaslead ......... to become ball boys and girls.
7. Twenty- seven thousand strawberries ......... at last year's Wimbledon with seven thousand litres of cream.

Answer 1

1. The first Wimbledon tournament WAS HELD in 1877.
....It was won...... 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 15 when she won her first championship in 1887. Long dresses ...were worn ... by women tennis players in those days, but Lottie ....was allowed..... to wear a skirt because she was so young.
3. Before 1986, white tennis balls ..were chosen..... at Wimbledon. Yellow balls ...are being used...... now because they show up better on television.
4. The game ...was played..... on grass courts.
5. Every year, used balls ...are sold...... to raise money for British schools.
6. Every year, 182 pupils from the Beacon School in Breaslead ...are chosen...... to become ball boys and girls.
7. Twenty-seven thousand strawberries ...were eaten...... at last year's Wimbledon with seven thousand liters of cream.