Question

Choose the correct passive form from the options given below:
A new sports centre _________ in my town.
A. Are being built
B. Being built
C. Is build
D. Is being built

Answer 1

Hint:A passive form of a sentence is the one in which we are more interested in the object that experiences an action, than an object which performs an action. Example: This house was built by my father. Here, the subject ‘house’ becomes the priority. Rather than, “My father built this house “, here the subject ‘father’ becomes a priority. We will look for an option that best describes the sentence in this explained way.

Complete answer:
Let us analyse each option individually in detail to figure out the correct answer.
A. Are being built : A sports centre is not a plural therefore, the verb ‘are’ is invalid for this sentence. Therefore, this is not the correct option.

B. Being built : By implying this option, the sentence becomes “A new sports centre being built in my town”. This is grammatically incorrect as the predicate in the sentence is not containing an appropriate verb here. Therefore, this is not the intended option.

C. Is built : By implying this option, the sentence becomes “A new sports centre is built in my town”. This is grammatically incorrect as in a passive form the conjugate ‘be’ is necessary. . Therefore, this is not the intended option.

D. Is being built: This phrase is in the present continuous and the main verb is in the third form. By implying this option , the sentence becomes “A new sports centre is being built in my town”. Therefore, this is the correct option.


Hence, the correct answer is Option ‘D’.

Note:The passive voice is generally used in formal texts. Sometimes, we use passive voice because we don’t know who performed the action. Example: A hospital is being constructed in the village.
The structure of passive voice contains two main elements : an appropriate form of the verb ‘to be’ and a past participle.