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.

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