Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
New schools _____ in our city every year.

• A. is built
• B. are to be built
• C. will built
• D. are built
• E. have built

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

are built

Option D is the correct answer because "built" is the past and past participle for built which means to construct something, "are built" is correct here because "are" is used as a plural form of "be".

Option A is incorrect because "is built" is in present while statement involves past continuous tense, the "past continuous tense" also known as the "past progressive tense" refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past.

Option B is incorrect because that means they are to be built in the future while the statement is about the schools that are already built.

Option C has same explanation as B, as it is future tense.

Option E is incorrect because it is present tense, while statement is in past continuous tense.