Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
“The notorious thief had been caught red-handed by the police in Hyderabad.”
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
Correct Answer: The police had caught the notorious thief red-handed in Hyderabad.
Explanation:
• The given sentence is in the passive voice using the past perfect tense: had been + past participle (V3).
• To transform a past perfect sentence from passive to active voice, the structure is: Subject + had + past participle (V3) + Object.
• The agent the police becomes the subject in the active voice, followed by had caught and the object the notorious thief.