Rewrite the sentences (1-5) in the passive. Match them with rules 2-4 in the Learn this! box. The
sentences may match with more than one rule.
1 A doctor has examined me and told me to rest at home.
2 It was in the 19th century that they invented
anaesthetics
3 Scientists are making more advances in medicine every
year.
4 They'll stitch the wound now and remove the stitches
next week.
5 Kazimierz Funk, a Polish scientist, discovered the fact
that vitamins could cure many diseases.
I have been examined by a doctor and I was told to rest at home.
It was in the 19th century that anaesthetics was invented by them.
More advances in medicine are being made by scientists every year.
The wound will be stitched by them now and the stitches are removed next week.
The fact that vitamins could cure many diseases was discovered by Kazimierz Frank, a Polish scientist.