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Zorluk: OrtaActive and Passive Voice Transformation

Which of the following options represents the correct passive form of the active sentence below?

"The regulatory commission ought to have taken over the distressed bank much earlier."

  1. A
    The distressed bank ought to have taken over by the regulatory commission much earlier.
  2. The distressed bank ought to have been taken over by the regulatory commission much earlier.Cevap
  3. C
    The distressed bank ought to have been taken out by the regulatory commission much earlier.
  4. D
    The distressed bank ought to has been taken over by the regulatory commission much earlier.

Cevap

The distressed bank ought to have been taken over by the regulatory commission much earlier.
The correct answer properly converts the active modal perfect verb phrase 'ought to have taken over' into its corresponding passive form 'ought to have been taken over'. It retains the subject-object shift, the passive marker 'been', and the prepositional particle 'over' without introducing grammatical errors.

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1
Identify the object of the active sentence
The direct object is 'the distressed bank', which becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
In passive transformation, the receiver of the action is shifted to the subject position.
2
Transform the modal perfect verb phrase while retaining the phrasal particle
'ought to have taken over' becomes 'ought to have been taken over'.
The passive form of a modal perfect construction (modal + have + past participle) requires inserting 'been' before the past participle verb and keeping the prepositional particle intact.
3
Add the agent clause
'by the regulatory commission' is appended following the passive verb phrase.
The original subject 'the regulatory commission' acts as the agent of the passive clause.

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