Choose the correct Passive Voice sentence for the Active Voice sentence given below:

They have been paying their staff at the new rates

Their staff is being paid at the new rates

The correct answer is Option (4) → Their staff is being paid at the new rates

The given active voice sentence: "They have been paying their staff at the new rates."

Step 1: Identify the components

• Subject: They
• Verb: have been paying (present perfect continuous tense)
• Object: their staff
• Additional Information: at the new rates

Step 2: Convert into Passive Voice

• The object ("their staff") becomes the subject in the passive form.
• The verb must maintain the same tense (present perfect continuous) while using the passive structure.
• The passive structure for present perfect continuous:
  [Object] + is/are + being + past participle + (by subject, if necessary).

Thus, the correct transformation is: "Their staff is being paid at the new rates."

OTHER OPTIONS

 "The staff was paid at the new rates."

• Incorrect because "was paid" is past simple tense, not present perfect continuous.

 "The staff is paid by them at the new rates."

• Incorrect because "is paid" is present simple tense, not present perfect continuous.

 "Their staff has paid at the new rates."

• Incorrect because "has paid" changes the subject and removes the passive structure.