Change the following from active to passive:
The jury had announced the final verdict after a thorough discussion.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
Correct Answer
The final verdict had been announced by the jury after a thorough discussion.
Explanation
Active to Passive Voice Rules
Identify Core Elements In the active sentence, "The jury" is the subject, "had announced" is the verb phrase, and "the final verdict" is the direct object. The phrase "after a thorough discussion" is a time/situational modifier.
Object Shifts to Subject To transform the structure into the passive voice, the direct object ("The final verdict") is moved to the prominent, front-facing subject position.
Tense Alignment (Past Perfect) The original active verb structure uses the Past Perfect Tense ("had announced"). When converting this tense into the passive voice, the auxiliary layout must follow the exact structure: had + been + past participle (V3) of the main verb. This correctly gives us "had been announced".
Subject Shifts to Agent The active subject ("the jury") transitions into the agent phrase introduced by the preposition "by" ("by the jury").
Combining these changes while seamlessly appending the original contextual modifier results in the second option being structurally flawless.
Key Points
Active Form Subject + had + V3 + Object
Passive Form New Subject (Object) + had been + V3 + by + Agent (Subject)
Grammatical Role Passive voice construction (realigns focus from the entity performing the action to the result of the action itself).