There,____(place) neatly beside the empty dish,were two nickels and 5 pennies.
问题描述：
There,____(place) neatly beside the empty dish,were two nickels and 5 pennies.
横线内是不是应该填placing呢?但是答案是placed.
答
这里是there be的句型,属于倒装句,句子的主语是 two nickels and 5 pennies,所以这些东西是被放置到空的盘子旁边,属于被动.还原句子就看得很清楚了 ：Two nickels and 5 pennies were neatly beside the empty dish ...