Pick out the correct sentence from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The roof of the house was blown off in the storm.
Blow off (passive) for a past event:
- Blow off means to remove by the force of the wind; its passive is "be blown off".
- A storm that has already happened needs the simple past passive: was blown off.
- "The roof of the house" shows which roof; "the house" is a particular house.
Example: His hat was blown off by a sudden gust of wind.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: The roof with the house is blown off in the storm. — Incorrect.
- The roof belongs to the house, so it is "the roof of the house", not "with".
- The present tense "is blown off" does not suit one particular storm.
Option 3: The roof of a house is blown of in the storm. — Incorrect.
- It writes "of" for "off".
- It uses the present tense for a single past event.
Option 4: The roof of a house is blown off in the storm. — Incorrect. The phrasal verb is right, but the simple present "is blown off" describes a habit or a general fact, not what happened in one storm; the event needs "was".