Fill in the blanks in List-I with the correct verb forms from List-II:-
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Verb forms) |
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(A) There is somebody behind us. I think we ____ followed. |
(I) being |
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(B) The Church Tower _____ restored. |
(II) were being |
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(C) After ____ arrested, the thief was taken to the police station. |
(III) are being |
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(D) The hotel rooms _____ cleaned when we arrived. |
(IV) is being |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) There is somebody behind us. I think we are being followed. | (III) are being | An action going on now, in the passive, with the plural subject "we": are being + past participle. |
| (B) The Church Tower is being restored. | (IV) is being | Present continuous passive with a singular subject, "The Church Tower": is being restored. |
| (C) After being arrested, the thief was taken to the police station. | (I) being | After a preposition ("After") the verb takes the -ing form. The passive is being + past participle. |
| (D) The hotel rooms were being cleaned when we arrived. | (II) were being | "When we arrived" shows an action going on in the past, with a plural subject: were being cleaned (past continuous passive). |
Passive continuous forms:
- Passive: be + past participle (followed, restored, arrested, cleaned).
- Action in progress: being comes before the past participle:
- now → is/are being + past participle
- at a past moment ("when we arrived") → was/were being + past participle
- Number: singular subject → is/was. Plural subject → are/were.
- After a preposition: only being + past participle (after being arrested).
| Active | Passive |
|---|---|
| Someone is following us. | We are being followed. |
| Workers are restoring the Church Tower. | The Church Tower is being restored. |
| After the police arrested him, … | After being arrested, … |
| Staff were cleaning the hotel rooms when we arrived. | The hotel rooms were being cleaned when we arrived. |