Question

The police (was told/were told/ were telling)to be careful, since the criminal was dangerous.

Answer 1

The police were told to be careful since the criminal was dangerous.

• In the given sentence, there is a situation that depicts the completion of an action. For such cases, the past form of the verb is used.
• 'Police' is a plural noun so 'were told' is the appropriate fill.
• The continuous form of the verb is used to refer to an action that was still happening, which is not true in the given case.

Answer 2

Answer:

the police were told to be created since the criminal was dangerous