Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
The main gate of the building was being guarded by gun-totting guards.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Gun-totting guards were guarding the main gate of the building.
The following rules should be considered while changing passive form to active voice:
• Identify the subject of the sentence - who is doing an action?
• Rewrite the sentence so the subject is performing the action.
- In the given sentence, firstly, the 'main gate' becomes the object and 'gun-totting guards' becomes the subject. Since the passive form contains 'was being guarded’, so it means that the active form is in present continuous form.
- So, we need to remove 'being' and convert the verb into the present continuous form i.e. 'guarding'.
Hence, option 2 is correct.