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Difficulty: EasyActive and Passive Voice Transformation

Fill in the blank to complete the passive voice equivalent of the active sentence: 'The heavy rain destroyed the crops.'

Answer:The crops 【were destroyed】 by the heavy rain.

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were destroyed
The active sentence is in the simple past tense and features the plural object 'the crops'. To transform it into passive voice, 'the crops' becomes the subject and requires the plural simple past auxiliary verb 'were' followed by the past participle 'destroyed', forming 'were destroyed'.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the tense of the main verb in the active sentence.
The verb 'destroyed' is in the simple past tense.
Passive voice transformations must maintain the same tense as the active sentence.
2
Identify the new subject and select the appropriate form of the auxiliary verb 'to be'.
The plural noun phrase 'The crops' becomes the subject, requiring the plural simple past auxiliary verb 'were'.
The auxiliary verb must agree in number with the new subject.
3
Combine the auxiliary verb with the past participle form of the main verb.
Combining 'were' with 'destroyed' produces 'were destroyed'.
Passive voice structures consist of an appropriate form of 'be' followed by the past participle of the main verb.

Key Concept

Passive voice transformation in the simple past tense
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Active and Passive Voice Transformation

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