Question

Thousands of kites _____ at the International Kite Festival. Choose the correct passive form from the given options:
A. Being exhibited
B. Are being exhibited
C. Exhibited
D. Will exhibit

Answer 1

Hint:The subject ‘kite’ can’t perform any action on its own; it shows that the sentence is in passive voice. As many folks will exhibit their kites within the festival but the names don’t seem to be given who are visiting to show it. Hence, this shows that the sentence is in passive voice.

Complete answer:
Option (A) ‘being exhibited’: is an incorrect option because there’s no helping verb or auxiliary to elucidate the state of being of subject. To form a present continuous tense in the passive voice, it is required to use’ is/are/am’ and ‘being’ used to explain continuous tense and the verb will be in past participle form.
Option (B) ‘are being exhibited’: is the correct option because to form a present continuous tense in the passive voice, it is required to use’ is/are/am’ and ‘being’ used to explain continuous tense and the verb will be in past participle form.
Option (C) ‘exhibited’: is an incorrect option because the verb is in the past form which can be used for active voice to form a simple past tense.
Option (D) ‘will exhibit’: is an incorrect option because the sentence will go in the active voice which will form a simple future tense.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note:If the sentence was given in active voice then it would be, “People are exhibiting thousands of kites at the International Kite Festival”