In pairs or in teams, answer the following questions using a passive structure.
THE PASSIVE (A)
- Who has directed Sully? (Clint Eastwood)
- Who governed Great Britain during the Second World War? (Winston Churchill)
- Who has written Falco? (Arturo Pérez Reverte)
- Who painted Los fusilamientos del dos de Mayo? (Goya)
- What American President visited Cuba in March, 2016? (Obama)
- Who discovered radium and polonium? (Pierre and Marie Curie)
- Who wrote The three Musketeers? (Alexandre Dumas)
- Who painted The Sunflowers? (Van Gogh)
- Who built the Pyramids at Gizah? (the Egyptians)
- Who invented gunpowder? (The Chinese)
- Who has created the Indiana Jones and Star Wars films ? (George Lucas)
- Who discovered the Pacific Ocean? (Núñez de Balboa)
- Who wrote Fortunata y Jacinta? (Benito Pérez Galdós)
- Where is Sir Isaac Newton buried? (Westminster Abbey)
- What musician was found dead at his home on April 21, 2016? (Prince)
- What was being celebrated when a terrorist drove a lorry through the crowds on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice? (14 July / Bastille Day)
- Who was assassinated in Turkey on December 19? (The Russian ambassador to Turkey)
- Who was appointed Spain’s new national team coach in 2016? (Julen Lopetegui)
- What book has been reprinted for the first time after the end of WWII in Germany? (Mein Kampf / My Struggle)
- Where will Donald Trump presidential inauguration be held? (In Washington)
THE PASSIVE (B)
- Who has written The Legacy of the Bones? (Dolores Redondo)
- Who painted The Garden of Earthly Delights? (El Bosco)
- Who invented the printing press? (Gutenberg)
- Who invented the modern steam engine? (James Watt)
- Who beat Hillary Clinton as future President of the United States? (Donald Trump)
- Who found the rabies vaccine? (Pasteur)
- Who built the Alhambra? (the Arabs)
- Who invented dynamite? (Alfred Nobel)
- Which country conducted their fifth and largest nuclear test in September, 2016? (North Korea)
- Who created Microsoft? (Bill Gates)
- Who composed The Brandenburg Concertos? (Johan Sebastian Bach)
- Who has directed The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu)
- Who has created Mafalda? (Quino)
- Who sculpted Moses? (Michelangelo)
- When was a nightclub attacked in Istanbul? (On New Year’s Day)
- What was voted in Britain on June 23, 2016? (Brexit / The fact that the United Kingdom leave The European Union)
- Where is Napoleon buried? (in Paris / at The Invalides)
- Which Spanish TV presenter has been criticised over the outfit she was wearing on New Year’s Eve? (Cristina Pedroche)
- Which Manchester City manager has been heard to say he will resign soon? (Pep Guardiola)
- What actress was chosen to play Princess Leia in the first Star Wars films? (Carrie Fisher)
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