Multiple choice

Senior executives often receive bonuses when their profit targets are reached or ___.

  1. surpass

  2. surpasses

  3. surpassed

  4. surpassing

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence uses parallel structure with the passive voice. Since 'are reached' is passive, the second verb must also be in the past participle form 'surpassed' to maintain parallelism.