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
She sells designer clothes
Designer clothes ……………………. by her.
They appreciated the novelty of the research.
The novelty of the research……………………….. by them.
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