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Active-to-passive voice transformation (past continuous, phrasal verb "read out") Original sentence: The invigilator was reading out the instructions. Choose the correctly formed passive-voice sentence that keeps tense and particle.

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: The instructions were being read out by the invigilator.

Explanation:


Concept/Approach
Past continuous passive: "were being + past participle". Retain the particle "out" from the phrasal verb "read out".


Option analysis
Correct: "The instructions were being read out by the invigilator."(a) Simple past passive; loses continuous aspect.(c), (d) Past perfect passive; incorrect tense.


Final Answer
The instructions were being read out by the invigilator.

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