Question : Fill in the blanks with an appropriate passive verb form.
They submitted an application
An application ……………………….. by them.
Option 1:
is submitted
Option 2: had submitted
Option 3: has submitted
Option 4: was submitted
Correct Answer: was submitted
Solution : The correct answer is option 4.
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 for creating a passive voice in the simple past tense.
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Active Voice |
Passive Voice (Auxiliary Verb- was/were) |
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Subject + V2+ object |
Object+ was/were V3+ by + subject |
