Question

Convert from active to passive voice:
Goldsmith had been making that ring when she left. [Advanced]

• A. That ring had been being made by goldsmith when she left.
• B. That ring had been made by goldsmith when she left.
• C. That ring was being made by goldsmith when she left.
• D. That ring has been being made by goldsmith when she left.

Answer 1

The correct option is A That ring had been being made by goldsmith when she left.

When the active voice is changed to passive voice, the object and the subject of the sentence interchange their positions, the focus is on the action of the verb received by the subject. The verb of the sentence changes to passive form: auxiliary verb + being + past participle. However, the tense of the sentence is not changed.
Option A is correct as it correctly converts the active to passive while keeping the past perfect continuous tense of the sentence intact.
Options B, C and D are incorrect as they are not in the past perfect continuous tense.