Dear sir,
I have came across this sentence in my text book, secondary school.
It says, "All passengers fastened their seatbelts. Then, the plane ............ off. (Was taken , has taken , had taken , has been taken)
I think it should be "took off" but i don't know which is the correct?
Hi, Shahd,
@Shahd Elaskaryy posted:Dear sir,
I have came across this sentence in my text book, secondary school.
It says, "All passengers fastened their seatbelts. Then, the plane ............ off. (Was taken , has taken , had taken , has been taken)
I think it should be "took off" but i don't know which is the correct?
Yes, 'took off' should be the correct answer here. 'Was taken' and 'has been taken' don't work at all because 'take off' with this meaning can't be passivized. The usage of 'then' means that 'had taken' is grammatically wrong and doesn't even give a chance to think of any exceptional situations where it might fit. That leaves 'has taken' as the only possible model answer here, but it is defective because 'took off' is related to a prior past action, not to a present one.
