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1621
The company is launching a new marketing campaign.
**Rule**: For a sentence in the Present Continuous Tense, the passive voice structure is **Object + is/am/are + being + V3 + by + Subject**.
- **Correct Answer (a)**: The object 'a new marketing campaign' becomes the subject. Since it's singular, 'is' is used, followed by 'being' and the past participle 'launched'.
- **Incorrect Answer (b)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Simple Present.
- **Incorrect Answer (c)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Past Continuous.
- **Incorrect Answer (d)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Present Perfect.
**Rule**: A sentence in the Future Simple Tense is converted to passive voice using the structure: **Object + will/shall + be + V3 + by + Subject**.
- **Correct Answer (c)**: The object 'the project' becomes the subject. The verb form 'will be finished' is the correct passive construction for the future simple tense.
- **Incorrect Answer (a)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Future Perfect.
- **Incorrect Answer (b)**: 'would' is an incorrect modal change.
- **Incorrect Answer (d)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Simple Present.
**Rule**: For a sentence in the Simple Past Tense, the passive voice structure is **Object + was/were + V3 + by + Subject**.
- **Correct Answer (c)**: The object 'the new movie' becomes the subject. Since it is singular, 'was' is used, followed by the past participle 'panned'.
- **Incorrect Answer (a)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Past Continuous.
- **Incorrect Answer (b)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Present Perfect.
- **Incorrect Answer (d)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Simple Present.
**Rule**: For a sentence in the Past Perfect Tense, the passive voice structure is **Object + had + been + V3 + by + Subject**.
- **Correct Answer (c)**: The object 'all the milk' becomes the subject. The verb form 'had been drunk' is the correct passive construction for the Past Perfect Tense.
- **Incorrect Answer (a)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Simple Past.
- **Incorrect Answer (b)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Present Perfect.
- **Incorrect Answer (d)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Past Continuous.
**Rule**: For a negative sentence in the Simple Past Tense, the passive voice structure is **Object + was/were + not + V3 + by + Subject**.
- **Correct Answer (c)**: The object 'the budget' becomes the subject. The passive verb form 'was not approved' correctly reflects the negative Simple Past tense.
- **Incorrect Answer (a)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Past Continuous.
- **Incorrect Answer (b)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Present Perfect.
- **Incorrect Answer (d)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Simple Present.
1626
The committee will have to review the proposal again.
**Rule**: For sentences using the modal-like structure 'will have to', the passive form is **Object + will have to + be + V3**.
- **Correct Answer (c)**: The object 'the proposal' becomes the subject. The structure 'will have to be reviewed' is the correct passive form for the future necessity expressed by 'will have to'.
- **Incorrect Answer (a)**: This omits 'have to', changing the meaning from future necessity to a simple future action.
- **Incorrect Answer (b)**: 'would' is an incorrect modal change.
- **Incorrect Answer (d)**: 'will have been reviewed' is the passive form of the Future Perfect tense, not of 'will have to'.
**Rule**: For a Past Perfect Tense sentence with two objects, either can become the subject. The passive structure is **Object + had + been + V3**.
- **Correct Answer (b)**: The indirect object 'him' becomes the subject 'He'. The verb form 'had been awarded' is the correct passive construction for the Past Perfect Tense. The direct object 'a scholarship' follows.
- **Incorrect Answer (a)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Simple Past.
- **Incorrect Answer (c)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Present Perfect.
- **Incorrect Answer (d)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Present Perfect.
1628
The government was distributing aid to the victims.
**Rule**: For a sentence in the Past Continuous Tense, the passive voice structure is **Object + was/were + being + V3 + by + Subject**.
- **Correct Answer (a)**: The object 'aid' becomes the subject. Since 'aid' is uncountable, the singular verb 'was' is used, followed by 'being' and the past participle 'distributed'.
- **Incorrect Answer (b)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Present Perfect.
- **Incorrect Answer (c)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Simple Past.
- **Incorrect Answer (d)**: This completely changes the meaning of the sentence by making 'the victims' the doer of the action.
**Rule**: For a Simple Past Tense sentence with two objects (indirect 'him' and direct 'entry'), either can become the subject of the passive sentence.
- **Correct Answer (d)**: Both (a) and (b) are correct passive transformations.
- In (a), the direct object 'Entry' becomes the subject. The passive verb is 'was refused', and the indirect object 'him' is preceded by 'to'.
- In (b), the indirect object 'him' becomes the subject 'He'. The passive verb is 'was refused', and the direct object 'entry' follows.
- **Incorrect Answer (a)**: This is correct, but (b) is also a valid and common transformation.
- **Incorrect Answer (b)**: This is correct, but (a) is also a valid transformation.
- **Incorrect Answer (c)**: This incorrectly changes the tense to Present Perfect.
**Rule**: For a negative sentence in the Past Perfect Tense, the passive structure is **Object + had + not + been + V3 + by + Subject**.
- **Correct Answer (d)**: The object 'the budget' becomes the subject. The verb form 'had not been approved' is the correct passive construction for a negative sentence in the Past Perfect Tense.
- **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 Simple Present.
