Question

4. Complete the text with passive forms of the verbs given in the box (Present Simple and Past Simple only).

  A MONUMENT TO BRAZIL 

Brasília, the capital of Brazil, _____(consider) a monument to what Brazilians can do and have done. Visitors to Brasília ______ (offer) a view of the future when they faze the large, innovative buildings and the futuristic qualities of the city’s architectural plan.  The idea of moving the capital inland_____ first____ (present) in 1823, by José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, a counselor and minister of D. Pedro II. The name “Brasília” _____ also ____ (suggest) by him, then. When Brazil became a republic and its first constitution____$(write) (in 1891), the document stated that na area of 14,400 square kilometers would belong to the government for the creation of a new capital. This área____(name) the Federal District.  However, very few steps_____ (take) towards building the new capital for many years. A symbolic cornerstone_____ (place) in 1992, but nothing else____ (do) at the time.  When Juscelino Kubitschek_____ (elect) president, he vowed to honor the constitution. With the slogan “50 years in 5”, he obtained Congressional permission and the construction began in 1956.  The contests between architects and urban planners over who would plan Brasília_____(win) by Lúcio Costa with his Pilot Plan, whose layout resembled a bird in flight, or na airplane. Costa’s friend, Oscar Niemeyer, was the architect of many public buildings in Brasília.  The city_____ (inaugurate) as the new capital of Brazil on April 21, 1960, although the construction was not yet complete. Originally the city_____ (plan) for a maximum of 500,000 residents, but thousands of the workers that went there to build it decided to stay. Many “satellite” cities____(build) surrounding Brasília in order to house the workers and many newcomers who headed for the new capital city. And the city continues growing amid the cerrado scenery! ​

Answer 1

⇒⇒  Passive Voice

A MONUMENT TO BRAZIL

Brasília, the capital of Brazil, is considered a monument to what Brazilians can do and have done. Visitors to Brasília are offered  a view of the future when they faze the large, innovative buildings and the futuristic qualities of the city’s architectural plan.  

The idea of moving the capital inland was first presented in 1823, by José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, a counselor and minister of D. Pedro II. The name “Brasília” was also suggested  by him, then. When Brazil became a republic and its first constitution was written in 1891, the document stated that an  area of 14,400 square kilometers would belong to the government for the creation of a new capital.

This area was named the Federal District.  However, very few steps were taken towards building the new capital for many years. A symbolic cornerstone was placed  in 1992, but nothing else was done at the time.  When Juscelino Kubitschek was elected president, he vowed to honor the constitution. With the slogan “50 years in 5”, he obtained Congressional permission and the construction began in 1956.  

The contests between architects and urban planners over who would plan Brasília was won  by Lúcio Costa with his Pilot Plan, whose layout resembled a bird in flight, or na airplane. Costa’s friend, Oscar Niemeyer, was the architect of many public buildings in Brasília.  

The city was inaugurated as the new capital of Brazil on April 21, 1960, although the construction was not yet complete. Originally the city was planned for a maximum of 500,000 residents, but thousands of the workers that went there to build it decided to stay.

Many “satellite” cities were built surrounding Brasília in order to house the workers and many newcomers who headed for the new capital city. And the city continues growing amid the cerrado scenery! ​

⇒⇒  Passive voice

→→  Voz ativa - sujeito pratica a ação do verbo

My father will buy a new car next year.

Meu pai comprará um carro novo no ano que vem.

my father - sujeito

a new car - objeto

→→  Voz passiva - objeto será o sujeito da passiva

A new car will be bought by my father next year.

Um novo carro será comprado pelo meu pai no ano que vem.

sujeito da passiva  -  a new car  

objeto da passiva  -  my father  

 

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