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Difficulty: HardActive and Passive Voice Transformation

Select the option that correctly expresses the passive form of the sentence below:

'The investigative panel should have dispensed with the tedious questioning of the chief witness.'

  1. The tedious questioning of the chief witness should have been dispensed with by the investigative panel.Answer
  2. B
    The tedious questioning of the chief witness should have been dispensed by the investigative panel.
  3. C
    The tedious questioning of the chief witness have been dispensed with by the investigative panel.
  4. D
    The tedious questioning of the chief witness should be dispensed with by the investigative panel.

Answer

The tedious questioning of the chief witness should have been dispensed with by the investigative panel.
The sentence correctly converts the active modal perfect verb phrase 'should have dispensed with' to its passive counterpart 'should have been dispensed with' while maintaining the original tense, aspect, and prepositional particle 'with'.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the grammatical components of the active sentence
Subject = 'The investigative panel', Verb phrase = 'should have dispensed with' (modal perfect + prepositional verb), Direct Object = 'the tedious questioning of the chief witness'.
Establishing the functional elements of the sentence is required before performing voice transformation.
2
Make the active object the subject of the passive sentence and convert the verb phrase
New subject = 'The tedious questioning of the chief witness'; Passive verb = 'should have been dispensed with'.
Modal perfect active forms ('modal + have + past participle') transform into passive by inserting 'been' ('modal + have + been + past participle'). Prepositional particles like 'with' must be retained.
3
Attach the agent prepositional phrase
'by the investigative panel' complete passive structure.
The original active subject becomes the agent preceded by 'by'.

Key Concept

Passive Voice Transformation of Modal Perfect Verbs with Dependent Prepositions
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Active and Passive Voice Transformation

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