Exercise 252. Use the Active or Passive Voice in the following sentences . Some of the oldest structures in the world today ( be ) ... pyramids , which ( locate ) ... in Egypt near the River Nile . Thousands of years ago , the Egyptians ( believe ) ... in life after death . After a person died , the body ( dry ) , ( wrap ) ... in cloth , and ( make ) ... into a mummy . The mummy ( place ) ... into a coffin , which ( put ) ... inside an underground tomb . Clothing , food , drink , weapons , and other personal possessions ( also bury ) ... with the body . The ancient Egyptians ( believe ) ... that the spirit of the dead person would need them in the next life . Great pyramids ( build ) ... on the surface to honour the Egyptian kings . These four - sided structures ( make ) of huge limestone rocks cut from mountains in Southern Egypt and ( float ) ... 700 miles up the Nile River . These rocks , which ( weigh ) ... from two to ten tons , ( pull ) ... over the land from the river and up side of the pyramid and then set in place . The work ( do ) ... by slaves , who ( use ) .... only ropes and ramps . Even though only simple cutting tools ( use ) ... , the stones ( fit ) so tightly together that there were no spaces between the stones . Many pyramids still stand today . The largest pyramid ( call ) ... the Great Pyramid . It ( build ) ... for King Cheops . It covers 13 acres and is about 481 feet high . Over 100,000 slaves ( work ) ... for 20 years to build this giant structure .​
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