![]() In "The soup was cold", the verb is "was" and the actor is the subject (the soup). Here's some explanation that I hope can make things clearer. Using "got" in the soup sentence would imply it only started becoming cold upon arrival. Both work in all sentences but "was" is much more common for use in passive voice, at least in formal American English. They also made things tricky with their use of "got" and "was". This doesn't change anything besides make it a bit more obvious that it's not a passive sentence. To be consistent, B would be worded "The soup was cold when it arrived". They made things a little tricky for you by rearranging phrases. ![]() (You can say "arrived by the door" or "arrived by 10pm" but these qualify where and when, not who.
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