Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Mary was cooking the meal.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. The meal was being cooked by Mary
Mary was cooking the meal.
Subject = Mary, Verb = cooking, Object = meal.
Passive voice form: Object + Verb + Subject
Conversion of past continuous tense to passive voice rule: 'was being' or 'were being' + past participle of the verb.
The sentence becomes: The meal (object) was being cooked (verb) by Mary (subject)
Here, the given sentence is in past continuous tense. So the passive form will use the past participle of cook i.e. cooked.
Hence, The meal was being cooked by Mary is the correct answer.