Read the sentence below and answer the question that follows. National Gumdrop Day was celebrated by building an enormous gumdrop castle. What is the form of the underlined verb?

The verb phrase “was celebrated” is passive because the subject, “National Gumdrop Day,” receives the action of celebrating. The phrase “by building an enormous gumdrop castle” tells how the celebration happened; it does not make the main verb active.

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