Change the voice:Our house is being painted by the best painters of the city at the moment.
- At the moment we are having our house painted by the best painters of the city.
- At the moment the best painters of the city are painting our house.
- The best painters of the city painted our house at the moment.
- The best painters of the city have painted our house at the moment.
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 B)At the moment the best painters of the city are painting our house.
Option B is correct as the use of being in the given sentence indicates that it is in the passive voice and to change it into active voice, are + ing( are painting) form of verb should be used and the subject (our house) is replaced by the object in the active voice and vice versa.
The other options are wrong as having, painted, and have cannot be used in the active form of the given sentence.
And the festival of lights, Diwali was nearing and you decided to get your house whitewashed. You decided that the front side of the house would be painted with a different paint to give the house a special look. The painter charged Rs 5 per 1 m2 to paint the wall, as shown in the figure. Calculate the area to be painted and the money to be paid to the painter.
The painter has to paint the wall which has a door whose dimensions are 3m × 2m and that of the wall are 8m × 8m.
