Final answer:
The correct answer is 'a. were found,' fitting the past passive construction needed for the sentence. Other spelling corrections provided are 'aggravated,' 'analysis,' 'negotiable,' 'omission,' and 'recommended'.
Step-by-step explanation:
The correct answer to the fill-in-the-blank question "A lot of errors _____ in the final report." is a. were found. This sentence requires a past passive form because the errors were found by someone, and the action on the errors is the focus of the sentence. Therefore, the subject 'errors' is acted upon by an unspecified agent, which is a common use of the passive voice. The other options do not fit grammatically: 'found' lacks the auxiliary verb needed for the passive construction, 'find' is not in the past tense nor is it passive, and 'be found' lacks the past tense marker 'were' for the passive voice to be correctly formed.
To clarify the other examples given for corrections:
- The correct spelling for the first example is aggravated, which means to make a situation worse. The incorrect spelling 'agravated' should be replaced by 'aggravated'.
- In the second example, the correct spelling is analysis which refers to a detailed examination of something. 'Analisis' is the incorrect spelling and should be 'analysis'.
- The third example should use the spelling negotiable, which means open to discussion or modification. The incorrect form 'negociable' should be 'negotiable'.
- For the fourth example, the correct choice is omission, meaning something left out or excluded. 'Omision' (with one 'm') is incorrect and the right form is 'omission' with double 'm'.
- Last example should use the correctly spelled word recommended, which is the past tense of recommend, meaning to advise in favor of something. 'Recomended', with one 'm', is incorrect and should be 'recommended'.