Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:
They grow coffee in Brazil. Coffee is _________ in Brazil.
A. Grown
B. Grows
C. Grew
D. Grow

Answer 1

Hint:The sentence is in passive voice, therefore, choose a word which is in passive voice i.e. past participle form of the verb.
The sentence has ‘is’ in it, therefore, ‘is’ must be followed by a past participle verb form, it’s a grammar rule.

Complete answer:
The first sentence i.e. ‘They grow coffee in Brazil’ is in active voice, whereas the next sentence, ‘Coffee is _________ in Brazil’ is in passive voice. How did we get to know that? We can see that the object i.e. Coffee in the first sentence has become a subject in the second sentence. This indicates that the sentence is expressed in a passive voice.
The next observation that we have to make is the presence of ‘is’ in the second sentence which means that the passive voice is in ‘is + past participle’ form. ‘Is + past participle’ is one of the rules of the passive voice.

For Example:
She takes medicine everyday. Medicine is taken (by her) everyday (Here, Medicine is changed from an object to subject)
I complete my homework regularly. My homework is regularly completed (by me).
The farmer sows the seeds. The seeds are sown (by the farmer)
She prepares delicious food. Delicious food is prepared (by her)
He reads a lot of novels. A lot of novels are read (by him)
They efficiently finish the work. The work is efficiently finished (by them)

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note:The bracketed part, in the above mentioned example, of the sentence can be ignored
Whenever the object in the first sentence becomes subject in the second sentence, it is an indication that the sentence has changed from active voice to passive voice.
According to the helping verb mentioned in the passive sentence, we have to decide the form of the verb, just like how we choose the part participle verb based on the helping verb mentioned i.e. ‘grown’ and ‘is’ respectively.