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Select the option that expresses the following sentence in passive voice.The teacher praised the students for their excellent performance.

  1. A
    The students are praised by the teacher for their excellent performance.
  2. B
    The students were praised by the teacher for their excellent performance.
  3. C
    The students had been praised by the teacher for their excellent performance.
  4. D
    The students were being praised by the teacher for their excellent performance.

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

The original sentence is in the simple past tense:

The rule for converting simple past tense into passive voice is:

Since "the students" is plural, we use "were":"The students were praised by the teacher for their excellent performance."

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Select the option that expresses the following sentence in passive voice.The teacher praised the students for their excellent performance.
A
The students are praised by the teacher for their excellent performance.
B
The students were praised by the teacher for their excellent performance.
C
The students had been praised by the teacher for their excellent performance.
D
The students were being praised by the teacher for their excellent performance.

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