Choose the correct passive voice: "The company had recalled the defective products before the news broke."
Difficulty: Hard
About this MCQ
This Hard Active and Passive Voice question asks: Choose the correct passive voice: "The company had recalled the defective products before the news broke." The correct choice is A. The defective products had been recalled by the company before the news broke.. Read the options below, commit to one, then use the explanation to see why that choice holds and why the others do not.
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- A. The defective products had been recalled by the company before the news broke. ✓
- B. The defective products were recalled by the company before the news broke.
Why not B: “The defective products were recalled by the company before the news broke.” does not fit this question. The answer is The defective products had been recalled by the company before the news broke..
- C. The defective products had being recalled by the company before the news broke.
Why not C: “The defective products had being recalled by the company before the news broke.” does not fit this question. The answer is The defective products had been recalled by the company before the news broke..
- D. The defective products have been recalled by the company before the news broke.
Why not D: “The defective products have been recalled by the company before the news broke.” does not fit this question. The answer is The defective products had been recalled by the company before the news broke..
Correct answer
A. The defective products had been recalled by the company before the news broke.
Explanation
The defective products had been recalled by the company before the news broke option A is the accepted answer to Choose the correct passive voice The company had recalled the defective products before the news broke Option B The defective products were recalled by the company before the news broke does not fit this question Option C The defective products had being recalled by the company before the news broke does not fit this question Option D The defective products have been recalled by the company before the news broke does not fit this question For this Active and Passive Voice question the accepted answer is The defective products had.
Source: Active and Passive Voice Official FPSC/NTS/PPSC-Style Reference Guide
Tags: FPSC, PPSC, grammar, voice, sentence structure, NTS
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