Multiple choice softskills communication

Choose the appropriate passive voice for the following sentence:They had finished the preparations by the time the delegates arrived.

  1. The preparations had been finished by the time the delegates arrived.

  2. The preparations were finished by the time the delegates arrived.

  3. Both of the above

  4. None of the above
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Explanation

The original sentence uses past perfect tense 'had finished'. In passive voice, the object becomes the subject and we use 'had been' + past participle. 'The preparations had been finished' correctly transforms the sentence while maintaining the past perfect tense structure.

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