Question

Choose the correct passive form of the sentence: "They had given the students detailed instructions."

• A. The students were being given detailed instructions.
• B. The students have been given detailed instructions.
• C. Detailed instructions were given to the students.
• D. The students had been given detailed instructions.

Hint:

When converting to the passive voice, remember to adjust the tense accordingly. For past perfect, use "had been" + past participle.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

The original sentence is in the Active Voice and the Past Perfect Tense (had given).
Active Sentence Structure: Subject (They) + Verb (had given) + Indirect Object (the students) + Direct Object (detailed instructions).
To convert to the Passive Voice, we can make one of the objects the new subject. The verb form for the past perfect passive is had been + past participle.
Let's make the students the new subject.
New Subject (The students) + Verb (had been given) + Direct Object (detailed instructions).
The resulting sentence is: The students had been given detailed instructions.
This matches option (D). Option (A) is past continuous passive, (B) is present perfect passive, and (C) is simple past passive. They do not match the original tense.