Question

the crew is/was rescued from a sunken ship?

Answer 1

The correct option will be :

The crew was rescued from a sunken ship?

Things to keep in mind for English Grammar Questions

• When answering questions like these, we need to keep in mind that the sentence structure will give us a hint as to which is the correct answer.
• The main verb 'rescued' here is in the past tense which tells us that the event occurred in the past.
• Hence, we will use 'was' instead of 'is'.