Read these instructions from a computer operating manual.
How to start
1. Link up the monitor, keyboard and printer.
2. Plug in the main cable.
3. Switch on the monitor at the back.
4. When the light appears on the screen, place the Day Disk in Drive A.
5. Push in the disk until the button clicks out.
(It takes about 30 seconds for the computer to load the programme.)
6. Press the Drive button and the disk shoots out.
7. Replace the Day Disk with the Document Disk.
8. Press function key 7.
9. Start work!
Convert these instructions into the past passive by filling in the blanks. The first sentence has been completed as an example.
Firstly the monitor keyboard and printer were linked up. Then the __________ was __________. The monitor __________ at the back. When the light appeared on the screen, __________ in Drive A. The disk __________ until __________. It took the computer 30 seconds to load the programme. The Drive button __________ and the disk shot out. The __________ with the Document Disk. Finally, __________
The word processor was then ready to use.