Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The company will launch the new product next month, and they are already promoting it through various marketing channels.
- (a)The new product were been launched by the company next month, and it already was
- (b)The new product will have been launched by the company next month, and it was
- (c)The new product will be launched by the company next month, and it is already being
- (d)The new product was launched by the company next month, and it is already
Answer
Why
Correct — C. Two clauses, two tenses, and each converts on its own.
will launch is simple future active, so its passive is will be plus the past participle: will be launched.
are promoting is present continuous active, so its passive is is or are plus being plus the past participle: it is already being promoted, with it standing for the new product.
Option (c) is the only string that carries both forms and keeps the second clause continuous.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)The new product were been launched by the company next month, and it already was — were been launched is not an English verb form, and were places a future event in the past. The option fails on shape before its meaning is even considered.
- (b)The new product will have been launched by the company next month, and it was — will have been launched is future perfect passive, which claims the launch is already complete by next month. The original says will launch, plain simple future.
- (d)The new product was launched by the company next month, and it is already — was launched puts the launch in the past while the sentence still says next month, so the option contradicts its own time marker.
Concept
When a sentence joins two clauses, convert each clause against its own tense. Nothing requires both to land in the same form.
The passive is always the matching form of be plus the past participle. Simple future gives will be launched. Present continuous gives is being promoted, where being is what marks the continuous.
Pronouns follow the new subject, so the new product becomes it in the second clause.
The option strings stop mid-clause, at is already being, and the other three break off at different points.
That is the source, not the design: these rows come from a candidate's TCS-iON response sheet, which truncates long option text. A passive-voice item at 25 Sep 2024, 09:00, English Q.9 is cut off the same way.
Judge them on the auxiliary chain alone: will be, will have been, was, were been.
Key facts
- Simple future passive is will be plus the past participle.
- Present continuous passive is am, is or are plus being plus the past participle.
- Future perfect passive is will have been plus the past participle, and it means the action is finished by a stated time.
Study next
Common traps
- Forcing both clauses into one tense because they share a sentence.
- Dropping being from the continuous passive, which silently turns it into a simple passive.
SSC's harder voice items give a compound sentence, so two clauses have to be converted and the auxiliary chain is the whole test.
The simpler version appears earlier in this section — also 10 Sep 2024, 16:00, English Q.2 — and on single future clauses at 10 Sep 2024, 12:30, English Q.17 and 11 Sep 2024, 09:00, English Q.11.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.