Passive voice Past Simple Passive Voice Complete the sentences. Use the Past Simple Passive Voice. 1. The day before yesterday we ____________________ (invite) to the birthday party by our friends. 2. In ancient Greece the Olympic Games ____________________ (hold) once in four years. 3. I ____________________ (bear) in a small Ukrainian town not far from Donetsk. 4. The prize ____________________ (win) by Linda. 5. As I arrived at the hotel a note ____________________ (hand) to me. 6. Their engagement ____________________ (announce) in the local paper. 7. The words ‘To be or not to be’… ____________________ (speak) by Hamlet. 8. The house ____________________ (destroy) by the storm. 9. The railway line ____________________ (bury) under tons of rock and earth. 10. I ____________________ (give) a letter by a postman yesterday. 11. Several problems ____________________ (consider) by the government. 12. After the accident the railway station ____________________ (completely/destroy). 13. Both motorways ____________________ (open) last year. 14. The thunderstorm ____________________ (hear) five miles away. 15. The World Cup at football ____________________ (win) by Italy in 2006. 16. A dangerous criminal ____________________ (arrest) by the police yesterday. 17. It ____________________ (explain) to us how the accident had happened. 18. The Guinness Book of Records ____________________ (first/publish) in the 50’s. 19. The job ____________________ (offer) to Patricia. 20. I couldn’t answer the questions I ____________________ (ask) at the interview last month. 21. My suitcase ____________________ (steal) from the hotel room. 22. We ____________________ (wake) up by the barking dog last night. 23. Last night I ____________________ (stop) by the police as I was driving home. 24. Yesterday it ____________________ (decide) not to have a party after all. 25. This shopping centre ____________________ (build) 10 years ago. 26. These are very old photographs. They ____________________ (take) a long time ago. 27. The roof of the building ____________________ (damage) in a storm a few days ago. 28. You ____________________ (invite) to the wedding. Why didn’t you go? 29. Originally the book ____________________ (write) in Spanish and a few years ago it ____________________ (translate) into English. 30. We were driving along quite fast but we ____________________ (overtake) by lots of other cars. 31. The letter ____________________ (post) a week ago and it arrived yesterday. 32. The boat sank quickly but fortunately everybody ____________________ (rescue). 33. While I was on holiday, my camera ____________________ (steal) from my hotel. 34. All flights ____________________ (cancel) because of fog. 35. The police ____________________ (give) the information. 36. The men ____________________ (pay) £200 to do the work. 37. The windows ____________________ (break) with a baseball bat. 38. I ____________________ (offer) the job but I refused it. 39. The two missing children ____________________ (find) in a local park.