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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
The authorities feared the missing man was dead. The missing man was feared ________ by the authorities.

A
being dead
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B
dead
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C
to be dead
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D
was dead
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Solution

The correct option is D to be dead

An action in a sentence can be represented in two ways, namely active and passive voice.

The passive voice always uses the past participle form of the main verb irrespective of any tense. Only the auxiliary verbs depend upon the sentence given in active voice.


The correct answer is C) to be made as the previous sentence indicates simple past tense. (passive)

Options A, B, and D are not correct as the sentence is not in the present continuous tense, 'to be' is not used, and 'was' cannot come again respectively.


The missing man was feared to be dead by the authorities.


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