Cover of the textbook Focus 4 - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 0.8 - USA vs UK for the textbook Focus 4 - Student's Book with authors Kay Sue, Jones Vaughan, Brayshaw Daniel and Beata Trapnell from Pearson Education

Question

Read some more trivia facts about the USA and the UK. Rewrite the sentences in the passive, using by + agent only if it is necessary.

Answer

  1. Most people think that America was discovered by Christopher Columbus.
  2. Every year in the USA around 100 criminals are sentenced to death.
  3. In 1811 in Britain, nearly a quarter of all girls were named Mary.
  4. More tea is drunk by people in the UK than in any other country.
  5. The Statue of Liberty was built in France.