Fill in the blank with the correct form of the past tense of the verb given in the brackets.

We ______ (surprise) at the news of her defeat.

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Surprised

Surprising

Were surprised

Had been surprised

answer is C.

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Past tense verb used to refer to the activity or indicate an action, event or condition that have happened in the past. They are the regular verbs that simply end with -ed or -d. Were surprised - is the correct response because 'were surprised' is in the simple past tense and also indicates that an action occurred in the past. So, in the blank, the use of 'were surprised' is grammatically correct, and this is the correct answer.

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