Sentence improvement (active vs passive): choose the correct passive of obligation/requirement Original sentence: "Technology must use to feed the forces of change." Select the option that makes the sentence grammatical and natural.

Verbal Ability Sentence Correction Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
  • A
    must be used to feed
  • B
    must have been using to feed
  • C
    must use having fed
  • D
    must be using to feed
  • E
    No correction required

Answer

Correct Answer: must be used to feed

Explanation

Given data

  • Modal “must” + verb “use” appears, but the logical subject (who uses?) is not specified.

Concept/ApproachWhen the focus is on technology as the thing acted upon, we require the passive voice: “must be used …”.

Option analysismust be used to feed — correct passive infinitive after a modal. ✅must have been using, must be using — progressive aspects with an agented subject, which we do not have.must use having fed — ill-formed non-finite sequence.No correction required — original is ungrammatical.

Final Answermust be used to feed the forces of change.

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