Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Are they Active or
Passive?
FIAT
Fiat was started (started/was started) by a group of Italian businessmen in 1899.
n 1903, Fiat, ...................... (produced/was produced) 132 cars.
Some of these cars  ...................... (exported/were exported) by the company to the United States and Britain.
In 1920, Fiat  ......................(started/was started) making cars at a new factory at Lingotto, near
Turin. There was a track on the roof where the cars  ...................... (tested/were tested) by
technicians. In 1936, Fiat launched the Fiat 500. This car  ......................  (called/was called)
the Topolino- the Italian name for Mickey Mouse.
The company grew, and in 1963 Fiat  ......................  (exported/was exported) more than 300,000 vehicles. Today, Flat is based in
Turin, and its cars  ......................   (sold/are sold) all over the world.