Choose the correct passive voice: "The company recruited fifty new employees this year."
Difficulty: Hard
About this MCQ
This Hard Active and Passive Voice question asks: Choose the correct passive voice: "The company recruited fifty new employees this year." The correct choice is D. Fifty new employees were recruited by the company this year.. Read the options below, commit to one, then use the explanation to see why that choice holds and why the others do not.
Active and Passive Voice items like this one are written for Pakistan exams such as CSS, FPSC, PPSC, and NTS. The difficulty label is a hint about how much of the topic the stem assumes, not a score. Tags and exam names, when they are present, tell you where else the same idea is tested. Previous and next links stay in Active and Passive Voice so you can continue the subject. Related questions point at nearby stems if you want another angle on the same idea.
Treat the explanation as part of the question, not a footnote. If you missed it, reread the stem against the correct option before you open the next Active and Passive Voice item. A timed quiz is the same pool with a clock and a score. A past paper is a full sitting rather than this single question.
- A. Fifty new employees are recruited by the company this year.
Why not A: “Fifty new employees are recruited by the company this year.” does not fit this question. The answer is Fifty new employees were recruited by the company this year..
- B. Fifty new employees will be recruited by the company this year.
Why not B: “Fifty new employees will be recruited by the company this year.” does not fit this question. The answer is Fifty new employees were recruited by the company this year..
- C. Fifty new employees were recruit by the company this year.
Why not C: “Fifty new employees were recruit by the company this year.” does not fit this question. The answer is Fifty new employees were recruited by the company this year..
- D. Fifty new employees were recruited by the company this year. ✓
Correct answer
D. Fifty new employees were recruited by the company this year.
Explanation
Fifty new employees were recruited by the company this year. (option D) is the accepted answer to “Choose the correct passive voice: "The company recruited fifty new employees this year."”. Option A (Fifty new employees are recruited by the company this year.) does not fit this question. Option B (Fifty new employees will be recruited by the company this year.) does not fit this question. Option C (Fifty new employees were recruit by the company this year.) does not fit this question. For this Active and Passive Voice question, the accepted answer is Fifty new employees were recruited by the company this year..
Source: Active and Passive Voice Official FPSC/NTS/PPSC-Style Reference Guide
Tags: FPSC, PPSC, grammar, voice, sentence structure, NTS
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