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Broken Passive Past Door Break Hours Ago Broke

Question The door ____________ (to break) 2 hours ago.
A breaks
B is broken
C was broken
D broke
Answer c
Remark When we don't know who carries out the action, or it is obvious or unimportant to us, we use the Passive voice. The Passive is formed: BE + Past Participle. In this sentence the action took place at a certain time in the past, so we use the Past Simple Passive.

Tags: passive_voice

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