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TOEIC Reading 5 Exercisee 231

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Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/13/2021 - 03:07
Question: 
O:8:"stdClass":2:{s:8:"question";s:85:"Employees ______ at one and a half times their usual hourly wages for overtime hours.";s:7:"choices";a:4:{i:0;s:15:"will compensate";i:1;s:19:"will be compensated";i:2;s:18:"have to compensate";i:3;s:16:"have compensated";}}
Answer: 
b
TOEIC Reading 5 Category: 
Grammar
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answer explanation: 

<span id="docs-internal-guid-47598e1d-7fff-8b39-4637-59484db74e1f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;">&nbsp;The blank should be filled with a verb to complete the sentence, and all the four choices are different forms of the verb “compensate.”&nbsp;</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The key to identifying the correct answer is the context. The context indicates that the employees are compensated instead of compensating others. Thus, the verb should be a passive one. Only Choice (B) </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;">will be compensated</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> is a passive verb. All the other three choices use the verb “compensate” in the active voice.&nbsp;</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br></span></div></span>

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toeic-reading/toeic-reading5-passive-voice