Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable verb form;
Tennis ________ by the players of our school at this time.
A) are being played
B) is being played
C) is played
D) are played

Answer 1

Hint: When we wish to draw attention to the person or thing affected by an action, we employ the passive voice. Normally, the action's performer, or agent, comes first and is made the verb's subject, followed by the active form of the verb. The verb's object is made to be the other person or thing.

Complete answer:
In the question, the sentence is in passive form and you have to find the verb for the sentence accordingly. As we know there are three sorts of action words: activity action words, connecting action words, and aiding action words. Activity action words will be wording that expresses activity (give, eat, walk, and so forth) or ownership (have, own, and so on) Activity action words can be either transitive or intransitive.

An action in a sentence can be represented in two ways, named as active and passive voice. The passive voice always uses the past participle form of the main verb irrespective of any tense. The auxiliary verbs only depend upon the sentence provided in the active voice.

Let’s understand the options:
Option A) are being played: This verb is in past continuous form but “are” is plural and in the sentence “players” which is also in a plural form. So, two plural forms cannot be used together in a sentence. Hence, this option is incorrect.
Option B) is being played: This verb is in past continuous form and “is” is singular and in sentence “players” is plural. So, singular and plural forms can be together in a sentence. Hence, this option is correct.
Option C) is played: This verb is in past perfect form and also singular “is” is present but passive voice’s verb in the past participle. And it is not a past participle. Hence, this option is incorrect.
Option D) are played: This verb is in past perfect form and here “are” is plural and in the sentence “players” which is also in a plural form. So, two plural forms cannot be used together in a sentence. Hence, this option is incorrect.

Therefore, Option ‘B’ i.e, is being played is the correct answer. Tennis is being played by the players of our school at this time.

Note: The infinitive is the simplest form of English, and it can be used with or without the particle to. The present tense shows that an action is being carried out; the past tense indicates that an action has been completed, and the future tense indicates that an action will be carried out.

Action words are the words that discuss our activities, or what we do, and they are a vital piece of our jargon. Without them, we would not have the option to make and utilize sentences in light of the fact that there is consistent, in any event, one action word in each sentence.