Complete the text with the verbs in the Present
Simple or Past Simple passive.
Florence Nightingale 0 is known
(know) as the first modern nurse. Born in 1829,
she refused to get married. Her parents
1 (not please) when their
daughter told them that she wanted to become
a nurse. However, they finally gave her
permission and she 2 (train)
in Germany. When the Crimean War started in
1853, British soldiers 3 (send)
to Turkey to fight and Florence Nightingale
4 (order) to go there to help in
the hospital. Many soldiers 5
(injure) in the war and she was shocked when
she found the men 6 (keep)
in rooms without blankets or food. She told
the military staff that the conditions had to
change, but they wouldn’t listen to her. In the
end, after all her efforts, the hospital
7 (reorganise). Today it’s
quite normal for us to see nurses working in
hospitals alongside doctors. They help the
doctors when operations 8
(perform) and patients 9
(look) after by them. However, they
10 (overwork) and earn
much less than doctors
Simple or Past Simple passive.
Florence Nightingale 0 is known
(know) as the first modern nurse. Born in 1829,
she refused to get married. Her parents
1 (not please) when their
daughter told them that she wanted to become
a nurse. However, they finally gave her
permission and she 2 (train)
in Germany. When the Crimean War started in
1853, British soldiers 3 (send)
to Turkey to fight and Florence Nightingale
4 (order) to go there to help in
the hospital. Many soldiers 5
(injure) in the war and she was shocked when
she found the men 6 (keep)
in rooms without blankets or food. She told
the military staff that the conditions had to
change, but they wouldn’t listen to her. In the
end, after all her efforts, the hospital
7 (reorganise). Today it’s
quite normal for us to see nurses working in
hospitals alongside doctors. They help the
doctors when operations 8
(perform) and patients 9
(look) after by them. However, they
10 (overwork) and earn
much less than doctors
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2. trained
3. were sent
4. was ordered
5. were injured
6. were kept
7. was reorganised
8. are performed
9. are looked
10. overwork