Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form: the present or past simple, active or passive. in august 1981 a meeting (take place) in miami which (change) the lives of everyone everywhere forever. just after 10.000 that morning a switch (throw) on a white plastic box 50cm wide and 15cm high. at that moment, the first cheap, easy-to-use computer (be born). ibm (call) its new creation the personal computer, or pc for short. the people at ibm (think) that only about 250,000 pcs would be necessary for the world's use but in the first five years three million pcs (sell), and over the next 15 years 500 million more (make). today pcs (use) in almost every office in the world as well as in millions at homes. almost half of these (connect) to the internet, putting their users in touch with almost one billion people. computers (employ) for all sorts of purposes: communicating with business custmers, friends and family; research, shopping and entertainment. computers have transformed our world, and people everywhere now (depend) on them every day of their lives.
