Question

All the business letters _____ yesterday. They ____ to the post office immediately.
A.Answered / take
B.were answered / took
C.are answered / were taken
D.answered / took
E.were answered / were taken

Answer 1

Hint: Here we need to think whether the given sentence is present tense past tense or future tense so here we are using past tense and we should think before that which tense suits properly for the given sentence based on that we need to select the option for the answer.

Complete answer:
Option A is incorrect : This one is not correct here because they are in the active voice. The sentence requires the verbs to be in the passive form because in the given sentence, the subject (business letters) is being acted upon.

Option B is incorrect : This is also not the correct option because the second part of the option is not in the passive form. So we cannot use this as the correct option for our answer.

Option C is incorrect : This is incorrect because 'are answered' is not in the past tense. So the option does not fit the correct choice for the given question and we cannot use it.

Option D is incorrect : This is because they are in the active voice. The sentence requires the verbs to be in the passive form because in the given sentence, the subject (business letters) is being acted upon. So we cannot use this .

Option E is correct : Option E is the correct answer because it is the past tense. The sentence needs to be in the past tense as it is describing something that took place on the previous day. So the option properly matches the given question and it is used as the correct option.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘E’.

Note:We should note the concept of the tenses should be remembered so that we can use the tenses that perfectly match the correct and sound the correct option as the answer so here we use the past tense . And make sure that the option given in the question matches exactly and correct.So we need to read the sentence carefully and answer it using the exact option.