Choose the correct passive voice: "The team had completed the project before the deadline."
Difficulty: Hard
About this MCQ
This Hard Active and Passive Voice question asks: Choose the correct passive voice: "The team had completed the project before the deadline." The correct choice is B. The project had been completed by the team before the deadline.. 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 project has been completed by the team before the deadline.
Why not A: “The project has been completed by the team before the deadline.” does not fit this question. The answer is The project had been completed by the team before the deadline..
- B. The project had been completed by the team before the deadline. ✓
- C. The project was completed by the team before the deadline.
Why not C: “The project was completed by the team before the deadline.” does not fit this question. The answer is The project had been completed by the team before the deadline..
- D. The project had being completed by the team before the deadline.
Why not D: “The project had being completed by the team before the deadline.” does not fit this question. The answer is The project had been completed by the team before the deadline..
Correct answer
B. The project had been completed by the team before the deadline.
Explanation
The project had been completed by the team before the deadline. (option B) is the accepted answer to “Choose the correct passive voice: "The team had completed the project before the deadline."”. Option A (The project has been completed by the team before the deadline.) does not fit this question. Option C (The project was completed by the team before the deadline.) does not fit this question. Option D (The project had being completed by the team before the deadline.) does not fit this question. For this Active and Passive Voice question, the accepted answer is The project had been completed by the team before the deadline..
Source: Active and Passive Voice Official FPSC/NTS/PPSC-Style Reference Guide
Tags: FPSC, PPSC, grammar, voice, sentence structure, NTS
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