PASSIVE VOICE - ASSIGNMENT

Hi,

In this case you have to write ONE paragraph using the Passive Voice in the Past:

You HAVE TO hand in it next Friday

LOOK at the notes and WRITE about the Coca-Cola company:

The Coca-Cola Company

History:

• Inventor of Coca-Cola (1886): Dr John Styth Pemberton, American chemist.
• First year of sales: $73.96 for advertisements, $50.00 from sales.
• 1888 sale of company to Asa Candler; sales all over North America; very popular. 
• 1911: $1.000.000 a year on advertising.
• 1916: design of famous Coca-cola Contour bottle.
• 1919: Asa Candler sells interests in company.
• 1923: new president Robert Winship woodruff; company more efficient; profits higher.
• 1920s and 1930s: sales in 6-packs and through coin-operated machines.
• 1940s: introduction of Coca-Cola to the world market.
• 1942: new slogan "It's the Rel Thing".
• 1960s: main competitor Pepsi-Cola; new products e.g Fanta, Sprite, TAB, Fresca; all very successful
• 1982: new product - Diet Coke.

Start the paragraph like this:

The Coca-Cola Company is the largest soft drink company in the world. Coca-Cola is sold in almost 200 countries and is advertised in 80 languages

Prof. Mariela Lorenzo