Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
The dedicated students, who had been preparing all night, were answering the difficult questions during the final examination.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
To determine the correct passive voice transformation, we must identify the tense of the active sentence and apply the corresponding passive structure.
'The dedicated students, who had been preparing all night, were answering the difficult questions during the final examination.' The main verb phrase is 'were answering,' which indicates the Past Continuous Tense.
The structure for the passive voice in the Past Continuous Tense is: Object + was/were + being + past participle (V3) + by + Subject.
Passive Sentence: 'The difficult questions' (Object) + 'were being' + 'answered' (Past Participle) + 'by' + 'the dedicated students' (Subject) + 'during the final examination'.
Option ‘B’ follows all these rules.