Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
They are laying new telephone cables in our colony

Options

A. New telephone cables are being laid in our colony
B. New telephone cables were laid in our colony
C. New telephone cables were being laid in our colony
D. New telephone cables will be laid in our colony

Explanation

(a) New telephone cables are being laid in our colony. (Correct) (b) New telephone cables were laid in our colony. (Tense has changed) (c) New telephone cables were being laid in our colony. (Tense has changed) (d) New telephone cables will be laid in our colony. (Tense has changed)