Task | Many buildings _____________ (to destroy) by the Great Fire in London in 1666. |
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Answer | 4 |
a | had been destroyed |
b | are destroyed |
c | destroyed |
d | were destroyed |
comment | When we use a passive verb, we say what happens to the subject. In the test sentence the subject is ‘Many buildings’. The formula of the passive voice is ‘be (is/was etc.) + past participle (done/cleaned/seen etc.)’. If we want to say who does or what causes the action, we use ‘by’. In the test sentence the Great Fire caused the action: ‘by the Great Fire’. Here the Past Simple Passive should be used, because we have the certain date in the past – 1666. |
topic | passive voice |
level | 1 |
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