Question

Open the brackets to put the verbs into Past Simple Passive or Present Simple
Passive.
1. The Great Pyramid (build) in Egypt about 5, 000
years ago. 2. It (construct) to the west of the River Nile.
3. This area (call) “The Land of the Dead”. 4. The Great
Pyramid (make) from huge blocks of limestone
(известняк). 5. The wheel (not use) then so the blocks
of stone (pull) by hundreds of men on a path of wooden
logs. 6. The pyramid (design) with a solid core
(твердое ядро) of limestone with four sides, and gaps
(leave) for corridors and various rooms. 7. Today it (not know) exactly what the
pyramids (use) for. 8. Probably they (design) to help the Pharaoh’s spirit to rise up to
the sun after death. 9. The pyramids (visit) by millions of people each year.

Answer 1

1) was built
2) was  constructed
3) is called
4) is made
5) was not used, were pulled
6) was designed, were left
7) is not known, were used
8) were designed
9) are visited