Question

Choose the correct passive form of past tense from the options given below:
A treat ___ to all friends on the occasion of Rohit's birthday.

a)were given
b)gave
c)was given
d)was gave

Answer 1

Hint: In the past passive tense, the focus is on the noun receiving the action than the noun performing the action.

Complete answer:

To understand the given question we need to first understand the concept of simple past tense and passive voice in particular, as the given question is in simple past.
Simple past is used to refer to something that happened in the past at a particular time and has been completed. Passive voice is used to show interest to the person or object who experiences an action than the ones doing the action.
The syntax for the same is was/were + past participle of the verb.
Keeping this in mind let us take a look at the given options.
Option ‘B’ is incorrect as it does not use was.
Option ‘A’ is incorrect as it uses were, but in this context, the treat given is ‘a treat’ and hence singular, hence only was would be used.
Option D is incorrect as it does not use the past participle of the verb, which would be ‘given’ and not ‘gave’.
Hence, the correct answer is option ‘C’ as it follows the syntax perfectly.

Note: It is essential to know the different types of tenses to be able to understand such questions and hence, special focus must be given to the same.