Question

Walt Disney_______ the cartoon character Mickey Mouse. Choose the correct word to fill the blank.
A. created
B. was created
C. had been created
D. has been created

Answer 1

Hint:Tense is a category in grammar that expresses time reference. Tenses, particularly in their conjugation patterns, are typically manifested by the use of particular forms of verbs. The past, present, and future are the key tenses used in many languages.

Complete answer:
The given sentence is in Active voice so Option B (was+ verbIII form) is incorrect. We use past perfect continuous tense where one event happened before another event in the past.

But in the given sentence there is only one event that is purely independent. So, option C is also not correct.

Similarly, Option D indicating the present perfect continuous tense this is also not the case here.

Option A is indicating the case of simple past tense which is mast suitable here hence option A is the right answer.

Additional information:
The past tense is a grammatical tense that has the purpose of putting an event or circumstance in the past. It thus provides a grammatical way of suggesting that the occurrence alluded to took place in the past in languages that have a past tense.
The past perfect refers to a time earlier than before now. It is used to make it clear that one event happened before another in the past. It does not matter which event is mentioned first - the tense makes it clear which one happened first.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note:As a general rule, the verb tense you are using should be consistent throughout your sentence and your paragraph. For example, the sentence “We had eaten (past perfect tense) dinner, and then we talked (simple past tense)” should be written as “We ate (simple past tense) dinner, and then we talked (simple past tense)”.