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Question 63

The electrical fault itself is the topic, and the report fixes the event at 09:15 yesterday. Because occur is intransitive, the fault ___ at that time.

  1. was occurring by a loose cable
  2. was occurred at exactly 09:15
  3. occurred at 09:15 yesterdayCorrect answer
  4. was occurred by an unknown cause

Explanation

Occurred uses the intransitive verb actively, which is its only standard voice here. Was occurred invents a passive for a verb that has no object to promote to subject.

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