Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Rains lashed Delhi and brought the temperature down by a few degrees.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct passive form of the given sentence "Rains lashed Delhi and brought the temperature down by a few degrees" is Delhi was lashed by rains and the temperature was brought down by a few degrees.
The other options are incorrect because:
- Delhi was being lashed by rain and the temperature was being brought down by a few degrees uses the present progressive tense, while the original sentence is in the simple past tense.
- Delhi had been lashed by rain and the temperature had been brought down by a few degrees uses the past perfect tense, while the original sentence is in the simple past tense.
- Delhi is being lashed by rain and the temperature was brought down by a few degrees combines the present continuous tense with the past tense, which is not grammatically correct.