Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
The teacher gave the students a difficult assignment.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
Correct Answer: The students were given a difficult assignment by the teacher.
Explanation
• The given sentence is in the Simple Past Tense with two objects: the indirect object (the students) and the direct object (a difficult assignment).
• Structure for Simple Past Passive Voice: Object + was/were + V3 (past participle) + by + Subject.
• When converting using the indirect object as the subject, the plural noun The students takes the auxiliary verb were followed by given (V3).
Quick Tip: Simple Past (active) uses V2 (gave), which changes to was/were + V3 (were given) in the passive voice.