Put the verb into the corect form: present simple or past simple, active or passive
Ex: The rice- cooking festival _is held_ (hold) every two years.
1. It's a big factory. Five hundred people ________ (employ) there.
2. Water ________ (cover) most of the Earth's surface.
3. The letter _________ (post) a week ago and it _________ (arrive) yesterday.
4. The boat _______ (sink) quickly but fortunately everybody _________(rescue).
5. Ron's parents __________ (die) when he was very young. He and his sister _______________ (bring) up by their grandparents.
6. The gate __________ (lock) at 6.30 pm every day.
7. Sue __________ (bear) in London but she ________ (grow) up in the North of England.
8. We _____________ (not/ play) football yesterday afternoon. The match ____________(cancel).
9. Originally the book ____________(write) in Spanish and a few years ago it ____________(translate) into English.
10. I saw an accident last night. Somebody __________(call) an ambulance but nobody ___________(injure) so the ambulance ___________(not/ need).