Question

More than half of the 850 asylum seekers currently detained in Britain ................. in prison with no right of appeal, even though the vast majority .................with any offence, let alone convicted. a. were held / are not charged b. are being held / have not been charged c. have been held / would not be charged d. being held / had not been charged e. will be held / were not being charged

Answer 1

Answer:

More than half of the 850 asylum seekers currently detained in Britain are being held in prison with no right of appeal, even though the vast majority have not been charged with any offense, let alone convicted.

b. are being held/have not been charged

Explanation:

• Here the option b. will be chosen for the purpose of making the sentence complete as it is the most appropriate answer.
• The given text is written in the Present Continuous tense.
• It denotes that something is happening right now. It might be an event, a speech, a conversation, or any other activity.
• It is known to be continuous since it is happening in the present and is happening continually.
• On the most fundamental level of English grammar, speech is classified as direct or indirect, and sentences are classified as active or passive.

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