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Difficulty: HardActive and Passive Voice Transformation

Which verb phrase correctly completes the passive voice transformation of the active sentence provided below?

Active Sentence: "By the time the arbitration tribunal adjourns next month, the panel will have dealt with all disputed claims."

Answer:By the time the arbitration tribunal adjourns next month, all disputed claims 【will have been dealt with】 by the panel.

Answer

will have been dealt with
The active sentence uses the future perfect tense ('will have dealt') of the phrasal verb 'deal with'. Converting a future perfect verb phrase into the passive voice requires inserting the passive auxiliary 'been' directly after 'have' and retaining the phrasal particle 'with', producing 'will have been dealt with'.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the tense and verb structure of the active sentence.
The active verb phrase is "will have dealt with", which represents the future perfect tense of a phrasal verb ("deal with").
Accurate voice transformation requires determining the precise auxiliary chain and main verb tense.
2
Apply the future perfect passive transformation rule.
The future perfect passive structure requires [will + have + been + past participle + preposition/particle].
The passive auxiliary "been" must be inserted into the modal perfect verb phrase to shift focus from the agent to the receiver of the action.
3
Preserve the phrasal verb particle and complete the verb phrase.
Combining "will have been" with "dealt with" yields "will have been dealt with".
Omitting the prepositional particle "with" alters the meaning of the phrasal verb and renders the construction ungrammatical.

Key Concept

Passive Transformation of Future Perfect Tense with Phrasal Verbs
Estimated Time:1m 30s
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Active and Passive Voice Transformation

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