Active Or Passive Voice (Part 2)?

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Hi, please advise which one of the following sentence is correct:

(a) Some goals are well surpassed and some need catching up.

(b) Some goals have been well surpassed and some need to be catching up.

(c) Some goals have been well surpassed and some need to be caught up.

I look forward to receiving your advice. Thank you.

MPHO
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-> (c) Some goals have been well surpassed and some need to be caught up.
Both parts have to be passive.
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.... some need to be caught up with/to.
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Active or passive voice
There is a rule in English grammar, active voice denotes passive meaning.

eg. This car needs repairing ( to be repaired )

so if ( b) changed into ' Some goals have been well surpassed and some need catching up. I guess it is still acceptable.
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I second that, ' to ' seems to be better then

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