Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
All the business letters _____ yesterday. They ____ to the post office immediately.

• A. answered / take
• B. were answered / took
• C. are answered / were taken
• D. answered / took
• E. were answered / were taken

Answer 1

The correct option is E were answered / were taken

Option E is the correct answer because it is the past tense. The sentence needs to be in the past tense as it is describing something that took place on the previous day.

Options A and D are incorrect because they are in the active voice. The sentence requires the verbs to in the passive form because in the given sentence, the subject (business letters) is being acted upon.

Option B is incorrect because the second part of the option is not in the passive form.

Option C is incorrect because 'are answered' is not in the past tense.