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    Select the correct active form. "Was your phone being charged by someone?"
    Question

    Select the correct active form.
    "Was your phone being charged by someone?"

    A.

    Has someone charged your phone?

    B.

    Did someone charge your phone?

    C.

    Was someone charging your phone?

    D.

    Is someone charging your phone?

    Correct option is C

    The correct active/passive voice of the given sentence is (c).
    Explanation: The original sentence is in past continuous passive: was + being + V³ (“was … being charged”). To convert to active, identify the agent (“someone”), keep the tense ( past continuous), and switch to was/were + V-ing + object. The interrogative structure retains the auxiliary at the beginning. Hence: “Was someone charging your phone?”
    Grammatical rule used:
    · Passive (Past Continuous): Object + was/were being + V³ (+ by + agent)
    · Active (Past Continuous): Subject + was/were + V-ing + Object
    · In questions, the auxiliary ( was/were) comes first; subject follows.
    · Example: Passive: “Was the car being cleaned by the mechanic?” → Active: “Was the mechanic cleaning the car?”
    · Information booster: When the agent is unknown/indefinite (e.g., someone), passive voice often omits the agent. When converting to active, supply a generic subject like someone if required by the options.

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