Question:
Change the following from active to passive:
The intelligence unit had been tracking the suspect’s communications covertly for months.
निम्नलिखित वाक्य को एक्टिव से पैसिव वॉइस में बदलें:
The intelligence unit had been tracking the suspect’s communications covertly for months.
Options:
- a) The suspect’s communications had covertly tracked the intelligence unit.
- b) The suspect’s communications had been tracked covertly by the intelligence unit for months.
- c) Covert tracking of communications had occurred over months.
- d) The suspect’s communications were kept under surveillance.
- a) The suspect’s communications had covertly tracked the intelligence unit.
- b) The suspect’s communications had been tracked covertly by the intelligence unit for months.
- c) Covert tracking of communications had occurred over months.
- d) The suspect’s communications were kept under surveillance.
correct answer : b)
Explanation:
The original sentence is in the Past Perfect Continuous tense (“had been tracking”). In passive voice, the object “the suspect’s communications” becomes the new subject, followed by the auxiliary verb “had been tracked” (using the past perfect passive form structure “had been + past participle”). Thus, option (b) is grammatically correct.
मूल वाक्य Past Perfect Continuous टेंस (“had been tracking”) में है। पैसिव वॉइस में बदलते समय, ऑब्जेक्ट “the suspect’s communications” नया सब्जेक्ट बन जाता है, जिसके बाद पैसिव संरचना “had been + past participle” (यानी had been tracked) का उपयोग किया जाता है। अतः, विकल्प (b) व्याकरणिक रूप से सही है।