passive voice with simple tenses

Kay - «était reveillée» is the standard way in which passive voice is expressed:

Être (conjugated in simple tense in this case) - past participle - par

In this case, this is passive voice in the imparfait - she was habitually/regularly, or used to be, woken by the birds singing (not plus que parfait - that would be avait été reveillée ) 

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Hi Kay,

Is the action complete?

To write était réveillée seems appropriate to me, in the sense that the birds were singing  -- continuing past action, and she was woken by this action.

Hope this helps.

Jim

Thanks Jim, I must have been tired! Got it!