Complete the Given News Item | CBSE Class X Grammar Worksheets

Complete the given news item.

1. A taxi driver …………………… with a pistol and live cartridges outside a hotel in Chennai on Friday.

a) arrested

b) was arrested

c) has arrested

d) is arrested

e) is being arrested.

Answer: b) was arrested

Explanation

Option a) arrested

Here the taxi driver isn’t the doer. Something is done to him. So, we require a passive verb here.

Option b) was arrested

‘Was arrested’ is the passive form of the active verb ‘arrested’. We use the simple past tense when we say when something happened in the past.

Option c) has arrested

The taxi driver has not arrested anybody. He was arrested. So this option is not possible.

Option d) is arrested

We do not use the simple present tense to say that something happened at a particular point of time in the past.

Option e) is being arrested

The present continuous form is not used to state that something happened in the past.

2. The Equal Streets Movement …………………… to give pedestrians and cyclists unrestricted access to streets for a few hours in the morning.

a) aims

b) is aimed

c) has been aimed

d) was aimed

Answer: a) aims

Explanation

We use the simple present tense to talk about facts.

The verb ‘is aimed’ is possible here but it should be followed by the preposition ‘at’.

The Equal Streets Movement is aimed at giving pedestrians and cyclists unrestricted access to streets for a few hours in the morning.