Choose the option that is the passive form of the sentence.
The first settlers displaced the original inhabitants.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct option that is the passive form of the sentence is The original inhabitants were displaced by the first settlers.
The other options are incorrect because:
- The original inhabitants will displace the first settlers is in the future tense, while the original sentence is in the past tense.
- The original inhabitants are displacing the first settlers is in the present progressive tense, while the original sentence is in the past tense.
- The original inhabitants are being displace by the first settlers is grammatically incorrect. The preposition "by" should be followed by a noun or a pronoun, but the phrase "being displace" is not a noun or a pronoun.