Passive Voice Exercise For Class 9
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate passive verb form.
The Nobel prizes ……………………… (establish) by Alfred B. Nobel (1833–1896), the Swedish chemist and engineer who invented dynamite. He left $9 million in his will to establish the Prizes which ……………………… (award) annually.
His family members …………………….. (shock) when they learned that Nobel had, in his will, set aside his fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes. They contested his will, but his final wishes …………………….. (execute) and the first awards …………………………… (distribute) in 1901, on the fifth anniversary of his death. The prize in economics, however, ………………………. (establish) in 1968 by a Swedish bank. While the prizes in physics and chemistry …………………………. (administer) by Stockholm ‘s Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the prize in medicine ………………………… (give) by the Royal Caroline Medical Institute.
Answers
The Nobel prizes were established by Alfred B. Nobel (1833–1896), the Swedish chemist and engineer who invented dynamite. He left $9 million in his will to establish the Prizes which are awarded annually.
His family members were shocked when they learned that Nobel had, in his will, set aside his fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes. They contested his will, but his final wishes were executed and the first awards were distributed in 1901, on the fifth anniversary of his death. The prize in economics, however, was established in 1968 by a Swedish bank. While the prizes in physics and chemistry are administered by Stockholm’s Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the prize in medicine is given by the Royal Caroline Medical Institute.