Question

the first meeting of the committee was____ (hold) yesterday​

Answer 1

Explanation:

held....I think so it's the correct answer

Answer 2

This blank can be filled with the word 'held'

So, correct sentence will be:-

The first meeting of the committee was held yesterday.

Held is the past form of hold. This form is used when sentence is in past or present perfect tense.

We can detect whether the sentence is in present, past or future be looking the sentence structure.

Here yesterday is used which shows sentence is in past. So V3 form will be used here.

Hence, past form of verb will be used that is held.