Question

Choose the correct passive form of past tense from the options given below:
Mallika __________ the house captain by all.
a. Chose
b. Chosen
c. Was chosen
d. Were chosen

Answer 1

Hint: A sentence in passive voice focuses on the person or thing that receives an action rather than the person/thing that performs the action. The basic structure of passive voice is: the appropriate form of the verb 'to be' + past participle.

Complete answer:
The structure that will help us in finding the right answer is – there has to be an appropriate form of the verb – to be + past participle form.
So, keeping the above mentioned requirements in mind let us look into the different options and try and understand which will be the correct passive form of past tense for the above given sentence.
Now, the options as you can see are –
Chose – it is the simple past tense form of the verb 'to choose'. It is also in the active voice. We can see in the question that the required form for a correct solution is of passive voice which this is not.
Chosen - is a past participle which requires a helping verb – was, so as to help determine the tense. Without this helping verb, the sentence sounds incorrect.
Was chosen – has the simple past form of the verb ‘to be', i.e. was. ‘Was chosen' is the required structure, which is formed by the past tense verb 'was' + past participle (chosen).
Were chosen - 'Were' is the plural verb whereas the subject Mallika is singular. The subject and verb must agree with one another in terms of number.
So, as you can see that the correct option is the option – c, as it fulfills the requirements to be the correct passive form.

Note: While choosing the correct option keep in mind that the tense should not change and you consider the subject – verb agreement and not choose a plural form of verb for a singular form of subject or the other way round