Change the following sentence into the Active form.
It was being said that the new policy would be a disaster.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The original sentence "It was being said that the new policy would be a disaster" is in the passive voice. To change it to the active voice, an explicit subject (the entity performing the action of "saying") must be introduced.
The passive structure "It was being said" uses the past continuous tense.
The active form requires a subject that was "saying" something in the past continuous tense.
Option ‘C’ introduces the subject "People" and uses the correct active past continuous tense: "People were saying".