Question

Fill in the blank with the most correct passive form of verb:
A novel _______ written by Amish these days.
a. has been
b. is
c. will be
d. is being

Answer 1

Hint: In this question we need to find the most appropriate passive form of verb. Passive form of the verb is when the subject undergoes the action rather than doing it. Since in this question written is the past participle of the verb write and “these days” indicate that the action is in present continuous tense. So, we will use the rule when action is present continuous tense then am/are/is being + past participle is used.

Complete answer:
Option A. has been
‘Has been’ cannot be used here because ‘has been’ signifies present perfect tense but our sentence is in present continuous tense.
So, clearly Option A is incorrect.

Now let us see our next option.
Option B. is
The option ‘is’ cannot be used in the given sentence as it is the active form of verb. So, clearly this option is also incorrect.

Option C: will be
Here ‘will be’ cannot be used as ‘will be’ indicates the future and the sentence is in the present continuous tense. So, using will be is grammatically incorrect here.
Let us take a glance over the last option.

Option D: to
In this sentence ‘ is being’ can be used as it signifies the present continuous tense of the verb and satisfies the rule that when the action is in the present continuous tense “is being + past participle” is used. So, the correct sentence is “A novel is being written by Amish these days”.

So, the correct answer is “Option D: is being”

Note: You must have understood the meaning of all the options correctly and must have chosen the correct option. For solving these types of questions you need to learn comparative active and passive voice and their rules.