Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
The diligent team of researchers, who had been analyzing the data for months, finally published their findings.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The original sentence, 'The diligent team of researchers, who had been analyzing the data for months, finally published their findings,' is in the active voice, with the subject ('the diligent team of researchers') performing the action ('published') on the object ('their findings').
To transform it into the passive voice, the object becomes the subject, and the verb tense must be maintained. The main verb 'published' is in the simple past tense.
Option ‘A’ correctly uses the simple past tense passive form ('were finally published').