Question : Fill in the blanks with an appropriate passive verb form.
Her remarks hurt me.
I ……………………… by her remarks.
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.
Her remarks hurt me.
I was hurt by her remarks.
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 |