Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
His father had already bought the train tickets.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. The train tickets had already been bought by his father.
- In the active sentence, the object is "the train tickets."
- The subject is "His father."
- Move the object to the subject position "The train tickets" (the object) becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
- Use the appropriate form of the verb "To Be": In the active sentence, the verb is in the past perfect tense ("had bought"). In the passive voice, this is changed to the past perfect form of "to be" plus the past participle of the main verb. Thus, "had been bought" is used.
- Structure:
- Subject + had + past participle (V3) + object (Active Voice)
- Object + had + been + past participle (V3) + (by + subject) (Passive Voice)
The correct sentence is "The train tickets had already been bought by his father."