Difficulty: Easy
Correct Answer: had to hospitalise.
Explanation:
Introduction / Context:
This item checks the correct passive complement after “had to …” when the subject undergoes a medical procedure. The active verb “hospitalise” requires an object (“doctors hospitalised the patient”), but when the patient is the subject, English uses the passive “be hospitalised”.
Given Data / Assumptions:
Concept / Approach:
With “had to”, use a base verb describing what the subject had to do or undergo. Since the subject (visitor) underwent hospital admission performed by others, the idiomatic form is “had to be hospitalised”.
Step-by-Step Solution:
1) Recognize that “hospitalise” is transitive in active voice.2) Align with subject-undergoer semantics: choose passive infinitive.3) Correct sentence: “Yesterday, a visitor to the park was attacked by a tiger and had to be hospitalised.”4) Therefore, D is the segment with the error.
Verification / Alternative check:
Parallel: “had to be treated/operated on/admitted” — all take passive when the subject is the patient.
Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Common Pitfalls:
Forgetting to switch to passive after “had to” when the subject is a recipient of an action performed by others.
Final Answer:
Option D
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