Question : Fill in the blanks with an appropriate passive verb form.
Option 1: hurt
Option 2: was hurt
Option 3: have been hurt
Option 4: Had been hurt
Correct Answer: was hurt
Solution : The correct answer is option 2.
Explanation:
The passive verb form is created in the simple past tense by adding was or were before the verb's past participle form.
We need to follow the below rules in order to change the passive voice in the simple past tense.
Active Voice
Passive Voice
(Auxiliary Verb- was/were)
Subject + V2+ object
Object+ was/were V3+ by + subject
Option 1: has answered
Option 2: was answered
Option 3: has been answered
Option 4: Had been answered
Option 1:
is submitted
Option 2: had submitted
Option 3: has submitted
Option 4: was submitted
Option 1: has solved
Option 2: was solved
Option 3: has been solved
Option 4: were solved
She sells designer clothes
Designer clothes ……………………. by her.
Option 1: sold
Option 2: are sold
Option 3: have sold
Option 4: had been sold.
They appreciated the novelty of the research.
The novelty of the research……………………….. by them.
Option 1: is appreciated
Option 2: was appreciated
Option 3: has been appreciated
Option 4: Had been appreciated
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