Choose the most appropriate option to convert the following sentence in Active Voice into Passive Voice:
The labourers were digging a canal.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A canal was being dug by the labourers.
- The original sentence is in the past continuous tense ("were digging").
- In Passive Voice, the structure for past continuous tense is:
was/were + being + past participle. - The subject (labourers) becomes the agent, and the object (a canal) becomes the subject.