From the words lettered A to D, choose the one that best completes each of the following sentences.
The class ____________. into two before the teacher was transferred to another school
A. had been split B. has been splitted C. was split D. had been splitted
Correct Answer: A
Explanation
First, notice that the verb split is an irregular one and does not attract suffix marker "-ed" for past tense / participle. Second, there are two actions recorded in the past hence two clauses. Even though both are in the past, the action of splitting the class happened before the action of the teacher being transferreD. So, the earliest action takes the past perfect tense form, "was transferred" is a passive past tense because whoever transferred the teacher was not mentioned.