Question

Change the following from active to passive:

The committee had been debating complex amendments when the bell rang.

• A. Complex amendments had had been been debated by the committee when the bell rang.
• B. Complex amendments had been being debated by the committee when the bell rang.
• C. Complex amendments had be being debated by the committee when the bell rang.
• D. Complex amendments had debated by the committee when the bell rang.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Complex amendments had been being debated by the committee when the bell rang.

• Complex amendments had been being debated by the committee when the bell rang. • The original sentence is in the Past Perfect Continuous tense (had been debating). • To convert a past perfect continuous sentence into the passive voice, the structure is had + been + being + past participle (V3).