Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. The burglar destroyed several items in the room. Even the carpet has been…

Question

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. The burglar destroyed several items in the room. Even the carpet has been torn.

1. A. The burglar, being destroyed several items in the room, also carpet has torn.
2. B. Several items destroyed in the room by the burglar. Even the carpet he has torn.
3. C. Including the carpet, several items in the room have been torn by the burglar.
4. D. Several items in the room were destroyed by the burglar. Even the carpet has been torn. (Correct answer)

Correct Answer

Option D — Several items in the room were destroyed by the burglar. Even the carpet has been torn.

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Several items in the room were destroyed by the burglar. Even the carpet has been torn.

Key Points

• The first sentence is active and in the simple past, so its passive is was/were + past participle:
  • object *several items in the room* becomes the subject → were destroyed by the burglar
• The second sentence, "Even the carpet has been torn", is already passive and needs no change — converting it again would be an error.
• The distractors fail on structure: A produces an ungrammatical participial mess, B omits the auxiliary *were*, and C merges the two sentences and changes the meaning by making the carpet one of the items.

Additional Information

• Passive forms by tense: simple present *is done*, simple past was/were done, present perfect *has/have been done*, past perfect *had been done*, future *will be done*.
• Where a passage mixes voices, convert only what the question targets — leaving an already-passive clause untouched is part of the correct answer here.
• The agent is retained with by when it carries information, as *the burglar* does; it is dropped when unknown or irrelevant.
• Keep the number agreement with the new subject: *items* is plural, so were, not *was*.