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JAMB Use of English 1980 Question 26

Question 26

Tenses

Fill in the blank space with the best of the five options: The telephone ________ in the nineteenth century and is now used in most countries in the world

  1. A.had been invented
  2. B.was invented
  3. C.would have been invented
  4. D.has been invented
  5. E.was being invented
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: B (was invented)

Explanation

A completed action at a stated past time ('in the nineteenth century') takes the simple past passive: was invented.