The Passive Voice

1. Complete the text with the passive form of the verbs given. Naming children is considered (consider) to be a parental responsibility, though certain names have been banned (ban) in recent years.In 2015, a French couple were denied (deny) the right to call their daughter Nutella to prevent the girl from being teased (tease) at school. It was ruled (rule) that the name should be shortened (shorten) to the more conventionally-sounding Ella instead. The year before, Mexico banned the name Robocop, but not before at least one child was given (give) the name.China doesn't allow symbols in names so an attempt to name a boy @, which is pronounced (pronounce) "ai-ta" and sounds similar to "love him", was forbidden (forbid) recently, too.New names are invented (invent) all the time, so it remains to be seen what children will be called (call) in the future. 2. Write your own sentences in the passive using the given verbs. Example: was discovered-> Acupuncture was discovered by the Chinese thousands of years ago. was sent will be signed is spoken are sold should be changed have been written