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.
They appreciated the novelty of the research.
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