Question

Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which expresses the sentence below in passive voice.

The boys were playing cricket.

• A. Cricket had been played by the boys.
• B. Cricket has been played by the boys.
• C. Cricket was played by the boys.
• D. Cricket was being played by the boys.

Answer 1

The correct option is D Cricket was being played by the boys.

The active voice is in past continuous tense.
While converting into passive voice, was/were $V_1+$ing is converted into was/were $+$ being $+$ $V_3$.

Correct passive voice :
Cricket was being played by the boys.