Rewrite the sentences (1-5) in the passive. Match them with rules 2-4 in the Learn this! box. The
sentences may match with more than one rule.
1 A doctor has examined me and told me to rest at home.
2 It was in the 19th century that they invented
anaesthetics
3 Scientists are making more advances in medicine every
year.
4 They'll stitch the wound now and remove the stitches
next week.
5 Kazimierz Funk, a Polish scientist, discovered the fact
that vitamins could cure many diseases.​