125 years ago today....Coke was born.

The product that has given the world its best-known taste was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886. Dr. John Pemberton, a local pharmacist, produced the syrup for Coca-Cola®, and carried a jug of the new product down the street to Jacobs' Pharmacy, where it was sampled, pronounced "excellent" and placed on sale for five cents a glass as a soda fountain drink. Originally intended as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century, Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose marketing tactics led Coke to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century.

Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in the stores, restaurants, and vending machines of more than 200 countries.^[1] It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke (a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company in the United States since March 27, 1944.

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This famous soft drink has enjoyed our lives since its invention and it has been used as the topic of grammar exercises as well. Let´s see an example to practise Passive Voice describing history of coca-cola.

Task:
Fill in the blanks with active or passive forms.

Everybody likes it

Coca-cola _______(enjoy) all over the world. 1.6 billion gallons __________(sell) every year, in over 160 countries. The drink _________(invent) by Dr.John Pemberton in Atlanta, on May 1886, but his partner, Frank Robinson __________ (give) it the name Coca-Cola. In the first year, only nine drinks a day ________(sell). In 1888, a man called Asa Candle_______(buy) the company. The first factory __________(open) in Dallas, Texas, in 1895. Coca-Cola ___________(still / make) there today. Billions of bottles and cans __________ (produce) since 1895. Diet Coke __________(produce) since 1982, and over the years the company ___________(use) many clever advertisements to sell the product. It is certain that Coca-Cola __________(drink) far into the following centuries.

Describing a process means writing about how something is made or how something happens. You can practise Passive and make additional exercises of other processes: the rainwater cycle, how coffee is grown, how glass is made, getting a driving license, starting a business.

http://www.admc.hct.ac.ae/hd1/english/process/index.htm#process