Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences
Question:
The economic renovation in Vietnam _______ in December, 1986 by the Vietnamese Communist Party.
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A.
initiate -
B.
was initiating -
C.
was initiated -
D.
had initiated
Reference explanation:
Correct answer:
Knowledge: Passive sentence
Sign: in December, 1986 (past time) => use simple past tense to describe actions that started and finished in the past
This is a passive sentence because in the sentence there is the phrase by the Vietnamese Communist Party
Structure: S + was/ were + Vp2
=> The economic renovation in Vietnam was initiated in December, 1986 by the Vietnamese Communist Party.
=> The economic reform in Vietnam was initiated by the Communist Party of Vietnam in December 1986.
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