In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. Technology has revolutionised the way (1)____ live. From communication to transportation, it has (2)______ our lives easier and more efficient. However, there are also (3)_____ associated with excessive reliance on technology. One of the major concerns is the (4)______ of personal privacy in the digital age. Additionally, there is a growing (5)_______ about the impact of technology on job security.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.
made
The sentence: ‘it has (2)______ our lives easier and more efficient.’
The structure required: verb + object + adjective, where the verb expresses causing a change of state. Only one English verb fills that pattern naturally here.
Make is that verb — ‘make something easier’. After has the form is the past participle made, which fits both the grammar and the sense.
Why the others fail:
Kept — grammatically possible ('kept our lives easier'), but it would mean our lives were already easy and technology merely preserved them so. That contradicts ‘revolutionised’ in the previous sentence.
Taken — does not take an adjective complement in this way; ‘taken our lives easier’ is not English.
Turned — requires into before a noun ('turned our lives into something easier'); it cannot be followed directly by an adjective.
Takeaway: when a blank is followed by object + adjective, think of the causative verbs — make, render, leave, keep — and then let the context choose among them.
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