Complete the text. Write the correct passive or active form the verbs in brackets.
Most fires ______ (start) by people. Sometimes they (happen) accidentally. A common cause of wildfires are cigarettes that ____ (throw) on the ground. Another cause is when people ______ (lose) control of cooking fires. However, some people, called pyromaniacs , are fascinated by fire and delibertely _______ (start) fires In 1666, the city of London ______ (destroy) by a fire. All the buildings on one side of the river Thames ________ (burn) to the ground, and thousands of people _____ (burn) to the ground, and thousands of people _______ (die). Luckily, it also ______ (kill) all the rats. This ______(stop) the spread of a terrible disease, called the Black Plague. Nobody really knows what the Great Fire of London _____(cause) by , but one story is that it_____(begin) in a bakery.
1.was started 2. had happened 3.were thrown 4. were loosing 5.are started 6.was sestroyed 7.was burnt 8.died 9.killed 10stopped 11.was caused 12.was begun
Most fires are started by people. Sometimes they happen accidentally. A common cause of wildfires are cigarettes that are thrown on the ground. Another cause is when people lose control of cooking fires. However, some people, called pyromaniacs , are fascinated by fire and delibertely start fires In 1666, the city of London was destroyed by a fire. All the buildings on one side of the river Thames were burnt to the ground, and thousands of people were burnt to the ground, and thousands of people died. Luckily, it also killed all the rats. This stopped the spread of a terrible disease, called the Black Plague. Nobody really knows what the Great Fire of London was caused by , but one story is that it was begun in a bakery.