Passive forms

James Dyson is a British industrial designer , inventor and businessman and ____________________ ( best / know ) as the inventor of the Dyson vacuum cleaner . He initiated the James Dyson Award , which ____________________ ( give ) each year to an upcoming young design engineer .

An astronomical telescope for observing the planets ____________________ ( first / use ) by the astronomer , mathematician and physicist Galileo Galilei . Later in life , Galileo ____________________ ( criticize ) by the church in Italy for supporting the theory that the Earth revolved around the sun .

Pablo Picasso ____________________ ( consider ) by many to be the most influential painter of the twentieth century . A number of his paintings ____________________ ( recently / sell ) for over $100 million .

Football legend Pelé played 1 , 362 professional matches and ____________________ ( select ) to play for his country in four World Cups . He ____________________ ( consider ) by many to be the greatest footballer of all time and , in 1999 , he ____________________ ( name ) athlete of the century by the IOC .

J . K . Rowling is a British novelist , best known as the author of the Harry Potter series . The first Harry Potter book ____________________ ( publish ) in 1997 and since then around half a billion books ____________________ ( sell ) worldwide . They ____________________ ( translate ) into over thirty languages . It ____________________ ( think ) that J . K . Rowling has done more to encourage children to read than any other author .