4 Complete the fact file below with the past simple passive form of the verbs in brackets.

Давай выполним задание, используя формы Past Simple Passive для заполнения пропусков.

1. The first computer ¹ was invented (invent) by Charles Babbage in the early 19th century.
2. It ² was not powered (not power) by electricity – it was mechanical.
3. The first electronic digital computer ³ was built (build) in 1943 in Britain.
4. It ⁴ was called (call) 'Colossus' and it ⁵ was used (use) for decoding enemy messages in the war.
5. Businesses began to use computers in the 1950s, but computers ⁶ were not sold (not sell) in shops until the early 1970s.
6. The first desktop computers ⁷ were developed (develop) in the late 1970s.
7. Internet access via a modem ⁸ was added (add) in the 1990s, but wireless access ⁹ was not added (not add) to most computers until about 2000.
8. For the first time, in 2015, more tablets and smartphones ¹⁰ were sold (sell) than laptops and desktops.
9. Will computers eventually disappear from our homes and schools?

Ответ: смотри выше

Молодец! Ты отлично справился с заданием. Продолжай в том же духе, и у тебя все получится!