Choose the correct option: The boys were playing cricket.

Question

Choose the correct option:

The boys were playing cricket.

1. A. Cricket had been played by the boys.
2. B. Cricket has been played by the boys.
3. C. Cricket was played by the boys.
4. D. Cricket was being played by the boys. (Correct answer)

Correct Answer

Option D — Cricket was being played by the boys.

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Cricket was being played by the boys..

Key Points

• Active: "The boys were playing cricket." → Passive: "Cricket was being played by the boys." Past continuous active converts to past continuous passive.

Additional Information

• Voice conversion moves the object to subject position and turns the verb into be + past participle, keeping the original tense.
• Past continuous active *were playing* becomes was/were being played; present continuous becomes *is/are being done*; simple past becomes *was/were done*.
• The agent takes by, and is often dropped when unimportant or unknown.
• The verb must agree with the new subject: *cricket* is singular, so *was*, not *were*.