Think about it

Exercice 1

Tick the sentence which is NOT in the passive voice.

Black students were shot by security forces.

They were sentenced to life imprisonment.

Nelson Mandela was convicted of conspiracy.

Nelson Mandela has become a symbol.

Exercice 2

Rephrase these sentences using the past tense.

1

He may not vote.

2

He may live in a white area.

3

He must have a passport.

4

He must not marry a white woman.

Exercice 3

Match the two parts to make correct sentences.

Exercice 4

Complete the text using the appropriate relative word.

Nelson Mandela was the man changed South Africa. South Africa was a country was racially divided; it was a country black people were denied basic rights. This situation happened other people thought they were superior.

Exercice 5

Transform these sentences into questions.

1

The word “Apartheid” comes from Afrikaans.

2

Slavery was abolished.

3

Martin Luther King fought for civil rights.

4

Gandhi delivered his speech in Mumbaï.

Exercice 6

Complete these sentences using link words.

1

Apartheid, South Africans were separated.

2

Two identical systems of laws existed: in the USA, it was called Segregation in South Africa, it was called Apartheid.

3

Black activists did not agree with these laws they organised demonstrations.

4

Justice was their ideal. they were arrested.