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Established Passive Past Tudor Dynasty Establish B Carries

Question The Tudor dynasty _______________ (to establish) in 1485.
A established
B was established
C is established
D establishes
Answer b
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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