Question

A three-year-old girl __(1)___ by the police last Tuesday.
a)has been rescued
b)was rescued
c)rescued
d)had rescued

Answer 1

Hint: We need to fill in the blank in the above question in a way such that the sentence makes sense.
In the sentence given above, we are talking about the rescue of a three year old which happened last Tuesday. This event has already taken place in the past.

Complete step by step solution:
Let us discuss all the given options in detail to analyse which option is correct.

Has been rescued: ‘has been’ is in the present perfect form, it is used to indicate an action occurred recently. Since this event occurred, last Tuesday, we are talking about the past here. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.
Was rescued: ‘was rescued’ is in simple past tense. Since this event occurred in the past, this option makes sense. Therefore, this is the correct option.
Rescued: ‘rescued’ is not appropriate as, ‘A three year old girl rescued by the police’, doesn’t make any sense. The verb ‘rescued’ is unaccompanied. Therefore, this is an incorrect option.
Had rescued: ‘had rescued ‘ is in past perfect form, it indicates an action occurred in the past, followed by another action. ‘A three year old had rescued by the police’, doesn’t make sense. Therefore, this is an incorrect option.

Hence, the correct answer is option b.

Note: Analyse the sentence carefully , here, we are talking about a particular time phase. That is, ‘last Tuesday’. Therefore, the correct option would be the one which makes sense when put in the sentence.