Standard English ConventionsMediumPast participle in a passive
Standard English Conventions practice question
The final report was ____ by a committee of six.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. writtenCorrect
- B. wrote
- C. writing
- D. writed
Answer: A. written
A passive with 'was' takes the past participle: 'was written'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. wrote
- 'wrote' is the simple past, not the participle; 'was wrote' is not standard.
- C. writing
- 'was writing' is active and continuous; the report didn't write anything.
- D. writed
- 'writed' is not a word.
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