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**Rule**: In a sentence with an object and an object complement, the object becomes the subject of the passive sentence, and the complement remains. The agent ('by them') can be omitted. The sentence is in the Simple Present tense.
- **Correct Answer (d)**: The object 'him' becomes the subject 'He'. The verb 'consider' becomes 'is considered'. The object complement 'a genius' follows the verb. Omitting 'by them' is natural and common.
- **Incorrect Answer (a)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Simple Past.
- **Incorrect Answer (b)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Present Perfect.
- **Incorrect Answer (c)**: Adding 'to be' is possible but not necessary with the verb 'consider'. Option (d) is more direct and concise.
**Rule**: For an interrogative sentence in the Simple Past Tense starting with 'Did', the passive structure is **Was/Were + object + V3 + by + subject?**
- **Correct Answer (a)**: The object 'the championship' is singular, so the sentence starts with 'Was'. This is followed by the object and the past participle 'won'.
- **Incorrect Answer (b)**: 'Were' is incorrect because the subject 'the championship' is singular.
- **Incorrect Answer (c)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Simple Present.
- **Incorrect Answer (d)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Present Perfect.
**Rule**: To convert an interrogative sentence in the Present Perfect Tense to passive voice, the structure is **Has/Have + object + been + V3?** The indefinite subject 'somebody' is omitted.
- **Correct Answer (a)**: The object 'the windows' is plural, so the sentence starts with 'Have'. This is followed by the object, 'been', and the past participle 'cleaned'. The agent 'by somebody' is correctly omitted.
- **Incorrect Answer (b)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Simple Present.
- **Incorrect Answer (c)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Past Perfect and unnecessarily includes the agent.
- **Incorrect Answer (d)**: This is not in the correct interrogative word order.
**Rule**: For an interrogative sentence in the Simple Past Tense starting with 'Did', the passive structure is **Was/Were + object + V3 + by + subject?** The verb must agree with the new subject.
- **Correct Answer (b)**: The object 'you' becomes the subject. 'You' always takes the plural verb 'were'. The past participle 'disturbed' is used correctly.
- **Incorrect Answer (a)**: 'Was' is grammatically incorrect with the pronoun 'you'.
- **Incorrect Answer (c)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Simple Present.
- **Incorrect Answer (d)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Present Perfect.
**Rule**: For a sentence in the Past Continuous Tense, the passive voice structure is **Object + was/were + being + V3 + by + Subject**.
- **Correct Answer (d)**: The object 'its victory' becomes the subject 'The victory'. Since it's singular, 'was' is used, followed by 'being' and the past participle 'celebrated'.
- **Incorrect Answer (a)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Simple Past.
- **Incorrect Answer (b)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Present Perfect.
- **Incorrect Answer (c)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Present Continuous.
**Rule**: For a Present Continuous Tense sentence, the passive structure is **Object + is/am/are + being + V3 + by + Subject**.
- **Correct Answer (c)**: The object 'a new app' becomes the subject. Since it is singular, 'is' is used, followed by 'being' and the past participle 'developed'.
- **Incorrect Answer (a)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Past Continuous.
- **Incorrect Answer (b)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Simple Present.
- **Incorrect Answer (d)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Present Perfect.
**Rule**: For an interrogative sentence in the Simple Present Tense starting with a 'Wh-' word, the passive structure is **Wh- word + is/am/are + object + V3 + by + subject?**
- **Correct Answer (d)**: The 'Wh-' word 'How' remains at the beginning. The object 'this machine' is singular, so 'is' is used, followed by the past participle 'operated'.
- **Incorrect Answer (a)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Present Perfect.
- **Incorrect Answer (b)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Simple Past.
- **Incorrect Answer (c)**: This introduces the modal 'can', which was not in the original sentence.
**Rule**: The verb 'shocked' in the passive voice is often followed by the preposition **'at'** (or 'by') to indicate the cause. The active sentence is in the Simple Past Tense.
- **Correct Answer (b)**: The object 'us all' becomes 'We all'. The passive verb 'were shocked' is correct for the Simple Past. The preposition 'at' is idiomatically correct here.
- **Incorrect Answer (a)**: While 'by' is possible, 'at' is very common with 'shocked'.
- **Incorrect Answer (c)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Simple Present.
- **Incorrect Answer (d)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Present Perfect.
**Rule**: The passive voice for the Present Perfect Continuous Tense is formed with **What + has/have + been + being + V3**. This construction is extremely rare and awkward but is the grammatically correct passive form.
- **Correct Answer (d)**: This is the technically correct, though very uncommon, passive form of the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
- **Incorrect Answer (a)**: This changes the tense to Present Perfect.
- **Incorrect Answer (b)**: This changes the tense to Past Continuous.
- **Incorrect Answer (c)**: This changes the tense to Present Continuous.
**Rule**: For active sentences using 'has to'/'have to' to express necessity, the passive form is **Object + has/have to + be + V3**. The choice between 'has' and 'have' depends on the new subject.
- **Correct Answer (c)**: The object 'these papers' becomes the subject. Since 'papers' is plural, it takes 'have to be', followed by the past participle 'signed'.
- **Incorrect Answer (a)**: 'have been signed' is the passive of the Present Perfect Tense ('have signed'), which is incorrect.
- **Incorrect Answer (b)**: 'are to be' implies a plan or arrangement, which is a different meaning from the necessity expressed by 'has to'.
- **Incorrect Answer (d)**: 'had to be' incorrectly changes the tense to the past.
