Active and Passive voice
. It’s a big company. Four hundred people …………….. (employ)
there.
2. Water ……………… (cover) most of the Earth’s surface.
3. Most of the Earth’s surface ………………. (cover) by water.
4. The park gates ………………. (lock) at 7 p.m. daily.
5. .The letter………………… (post) a week ago and it (arrive)
yesterday.
6. The boat ………………….. (sink) quickly but fortunately
everybody………… (rescue).
7. Raman’s parents………………. (die) when he was very young. He
and his sister ……………….. (bring) up by their grandparents.
8. I was born in Mumbai but I ………………. (grow) up in Delhi.
9. While I was on holiday, my camera ………………….. (steal) from my
hotel room.
10. While I was on holiday, my camera………………… (disappear)
from my hotel room.
11. Why ……………….. (Sita / resign) from her job?
12. Why ……………. (Sohan / sack) from his job?
Answers
Answer:
1) Employed
2)Covers
3)Covered
4) Lock
5)Posted, arrived
6) Sunk, rescued
7) Died, brought
8) Grew
9) Stolen
10) Disappeared
11) Resign
12) Sacked
Answer:
1.are employed
2.75%
3.the earth covered in water
4.'It's' is in simple present tense. The simple present tense states a truth or a fact. The next sentence will also be in the same tense, because it too states a fact.
Option C: 'Are employed' is in the simple present tense, in passive voice. It presents the state of 'five hundred people' there. Hence option C is correct.
Option A: 'Are' is a simple present tense verb in active voice. The sentence is in active voice when the subject 'five hundred people' performs an action 'to employ'. But here it experiences the action 'to be employed'.
Option B: 'Employed' is a simple past tense verb whereas the sentence is in present tense.
Option D: 'Were employed' is also in past tense in passive voice, as opposed to the sentence.
Hence options A, B and D are wrong.