Question : Fill in the blanks with an appropriate passive verb form.
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
Correct Answer: was appreciated
Solution : The correct answer is option 2.
The novelty of the research was apprecaited by them.
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 following rules in order to create 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:
is submitted
Option 2: had submitted
Option 3: has submitted
Option 4: was submitted
Option 1: has answered
Option 2: was answered
Option 3: has been answered
Option 4: Had been answered
Roy has reserved a table for Reema
A table for Reema………………………… by Roy
Option 1: has been reserved
Option 2: have been reserved
Option 3: had been reserved
Option 4: were reserved
Option 1: hurt
Option 2: was hurt
Option 3: have been hurt
Option 4: Had been hurt
Option 1: has solved
Option 2: was solved
Option 3: has been solved
Option 4: were solved
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