Change the following from active to passive:
They had been making the staff report discrepancies silently.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. The staff had been made to report discrepancies silently.
About the given sentence:
Type of sentence: Assertive
Tense: Past Perfect Continuous
Voice: Active voice
Subject: They
Object: The staff
Structure for conversion:
Active: Subject + had been + verb (ing) + object + other details
Passive: Object + had been + being + verb (IIIrd form) + other details
(Note: In causative structures like “make”, the passive uses “made to + verb”)
Converted sentence: The staff had been made to report discrepancies silently.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.