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    Select the correct active form. "Why was the match postponed by the organizers?"
    Question

    Select the correct active form.
    "Why was the match postponed by the organizers?"

    A.

    Why have the organizers postponed the match?

    B.

    Why do the organizers postpone the match?

    C.

    Why did the organizers postpone the match?

    D.

    Why are the organizers postponing the match?

    Correct option is C

    The correct active/passive voice of the given sentence is (c).
    Explanation: The original sentence is in the simple past passive: was + past participle (“was postponed”) with the agent “by the organizers.” To convert a Wh-question from past passive to past active, use Why + did + Subject + base verb + Object. Hence, “Why did the organizers postpone the match?” precisely mirrors the tense and meaning.
    Grammatical rule used:
    · Passive (Simple Past): Object + was/were + V3 (+ by + Agent)
    · Active (Simple Past Question): Wh- + did + Subject + V1 + Object?
    · Structure:
    · Active voice: Subject + V2 (or did + V1 in questions) + Object
    · Passive voice: Object + be (was/were) + V3 (+ by + Agent)
    · Example: Why was the parcel delivered late by the courier?Why did the courier deliver the parcel late?
    · Info booster: In Wh-questions, keep the same tense after conversion: was/were (past passive) ↔ did + V1 (past active).

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