Active & Passive Voice · Question 12 · Hard

Choose the correct passive voice form of the sentence: The committee had rejected the proposal before the director arrived.

  1. The proposal had been rejected by the committee before the director arrived.
  2. The proposal was rejected by the committee before the director arrived.
  3. The proposal has been rejected by the committee before the director arrived.
  4. The proposal had been rejected by the committee before the director had been arrived.
Answer and explanation

Answer: A. The proposal had been rejected by the committee before the director arrived.

Explanation: Past perfect becomes had + been + past participle. The clause 'before the director arrived' has an intransitive verb and stays unchanged.

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