Directions: Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. The police beat a number of protestors last night.

Explanation

The correct answer is "A number of protestors were beaten by the police last night". Key Points In Active Voice , a sentence emphasizes the subject, performing an action. In Passive Voice , a sentence emphasizes the action or the object of the sentence. The given sentence is in the active voice and ' The police ' is the subject and ' a number of protestors ' is the object. When we convert this sentence into passive voice , the subject ' The police ' of the active voice becomes the object , the object ' a number of protestors ' becomes the subject . The passive format " were + V3 " should be used. Thisis theactive and passive voice rule for the past simple tense . Hence , the correct answer is option 4 . Additional Information Verbs of passive format have a different set of tenses (*V3 - Past participle or Third form of the Verb) as given below in the table: TENSE ACTIVE PASSIVE PASSIVE CONVERSION Present Simple He plays football am/is/are + V3 Football is played by him Present Continuous He is playing football am/is/are + being +V3 Football is being played by him Present Perfect He has played football Has/have + been+ V3 Football has been played by him Present Perfect Continuous He has been playing football Not used and unusual. Not used and unusual Past Simple He played football Was/were + V3 Football was played by him Past Continuous He was playing football Was/were + being + V3 Football was being played by him Past Perfect He had played football Had + been + V3 Football had been played by him Past Perfect Continuous He had been playing football Not used and unusual Not used and unusual Future Simple He will play football Will + be + V3 Football will be played by him Future Continuous He will be playing football Not used and unusual Not used and unusual Future Perfect He will have played football Will have been + V3 Football will have been played by him Future Perfect Continuous He will have been playing football Not used and unusual Not used and unusual