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Q.

Change the following sentence from the active voice to the passive voice:

The police arrested the thief. 

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a

The thief was being arrested. 

b

The thief was being arrested by the police. 

c

The thief had been arrested. 

d

The thief was arrested. 

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

The given sentence is in the past indefinite tense. The verb will change into Subject + was/were + past participle + by + Object.

In this case, we can avoid using 'the police' as the object.

The correct answer is D.

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