Put the verb into the correct form present simple or past simple, active or passive.
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 6.30pm every day.
7. We _________ (not/play) football yesterday afternoon. The match _______(cancel).
8. Originally the book _______ (write) in Spanish and a few years ago it ________ (translate) into English.
9. I saw an accident last night. Somebody ________ (call) an ambulance but nobody ______ (injure) so the ambulance ______ (not/need)