Solve this multiple-choice question and choose the correct option.

Active-to-passive voice transformation (simple present interrogative) Original sentence: Do you imitate others? Choose the correctly formed passive-voice question with proper auxiliary placement.

Difficulty: Easy

Are others being imitated by you?
Are others imitated by you?
Have others being imitated by you?
Were others being imitated by you?

Correct Answer: Are others imitated by you?

Explanation:

Concept/ApproachSimple present passive interrogative: "Are + subject (others) + past participle + by you?"

Option analysisCorrect: "Are others imitated by you?" (simple present passive question).(a) Present continuous passive changes aspect.(c) Ungrammatical auxiliary sequence.(d) Past continuous passive changes tense and aspect.

Final AnswerAre others imitated by you?

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