Matching Pairs DID YOU KNOW...?Online version This activity will help you learn some interesting facts at the same time you practise the PASSIVE. by Mercedes Hernández Muñiz 1 Paper was invented 2 The first guitar was made 3 The ballpoint pen was invented 4 The raincoat was invented 5 Toothpaste was invented 6 More wine is produced in Italy than 7 The rubber tyre was invented 8 The first modern Olympic games were played 9 The first pair of jeans was made 10 Pasta and ice cream were first made 11 The first underground railway was opened 12 Each year 3000 million flowers are grown by a Spanish instrument maker. in Holland. in China nearly 2000 years ago. by John Dunlop in 1888. by a Scotsman called Charles Macintosh in China by the Romans in 960 in France. in 1896 by a Hungarian called Biro. in London in 1863. by a German tailor called Levi Strauss.