, соч : The Passive: Present Simple vs. Past Simple and will. Choose the correct form of the verbs in the text below.
George Stephen 1designed and built/ was designed and built the Rocket steam train in 1829. There was a race between the Rocket and another engine to be chosen for a new railway
line. The race 2watched / was watched by 15,000 people - and the Rocket won. The UK's
first electric railway 3 completed / was completed in 1883, and steam trains 4 gradually replaced / were gradually replaced. These days, over 400 million train journeys 5 take / are taken every year across the UK, and those journeys 6 cover / are covered more than 16 billion kilometres. Journeys are getting faster and faster. In the future, more high-speed railways 7 will build / will be built (and robots 8 will probably drive / will probably be driven the trains!).
