Which of the following options is the most suitable conversion of the following sentence into Passive Voice?
People believed that he was innocent.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The original sentence is "People believed that he was innocent." This is a complex sentence with a main clause ("People believed that...") and a noun clause ("...he was innocent") acting as the object of the verb "believed".
To convert this to the passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject. The noun clause can be replaced by "It" in the passive structure.
The verb "believed" is in the simple past tense, so the passive form uses "was believed".
The agent ("by people") is generally omitted in such constructions because it is vague or obvious.