本文主要探讨了一般过去式被动语态的构成和用法。在英语中，被动语态有三种常见情况：一是突出动作的承受者而非施动者，二是无需明确指出施动者，三是不清楚施动者。其基本结构为主语加上be动词的过去式（was或were）和动词的过去分词。

例如，"He was arrested yesterday"表明了他被逮捕的事实，而无需提及具体是谁逮捕的；"The festival and games were held in Olympia"则强调了活动的举办地。在需要明确施动者时，可以用介词by，如"Modern games were founded by Baron de Coubertin"；表明方式手段则用with，如"The ceremony was opened by the baron with a speech"。

否定形式的被动语态是在be动词后加not，如"The Olympic torch relay was not introduced until 1932"。一般疑问句中将be动词放在句首，如" Were the Olympic Games founded in Olympia?"。特殊疑问句中，be动词同样前置，如"When were the Olympic Games founded?"。

总之，了解并掌握一般过去式被动语态的构成，有助于我们在表达时更准确地传达动作的受动关系，以及在疑问句中恰当地进行提问。