5 The Garma Festival ____________ (hold) in Australia every year and celebrates Aboriginal culture.

Passive Voice Explanation

The sentence describes a regular, recurring event ('every year'). This indicates the use of the simple present tense. The passive voice is appropriate because the festival is the subject, and it is held (by organizers).

Solution:

We need the simple present passive voice.

• The verb is 'hold'.
• The past participle of 'hold' is 'held'.
• The subject is 'The Garma Festival' (singular).
• For singular subjects in the simple present passive, we use 'is' + past participle.

Therefore, the correct passive form is 'is held'.

Answer: is held