Question

A security guard ___after being attacked by criminals.

Select one:
a. was hurted
b. hurt
c. was hurt

Answer 1

Answer:

option c: was hurt

A security guard was hurt after being attacked by criminals.

Answer 2

The correct answer is (c)  was hurt. A security guard was hurt after being attacked by criminals.

• That is "was hurt," which is "hurt" in the past passive tense. The sentence uses the passive voice to describe an activity that happened in the past because the security guard was the intended victim and not the attackers.
• The passive voice is employed to convey that the security guard, not the perpetrators of the crime, was the one who was harmed as a result of the conduct (i.e was hurt).
• The statement offers little specific information about the occurrence, but it suggests that the security guard was going about his work when the attackers attacked him.

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