Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Were you laughing at the poor masses?

Correct option is C

The correct passive voice of the given sentence is (c) "Were the poor masses being laughed at by you?"
· Rule for converting interrogative active voice to passive voice:
· Active: Were + Subject + Verb (laughing at) + Object?
· Passive: Were + Object + being + Past Participle (laughed at) + by + Subject?
· In this case:
· Active: Were you laughing at the poor masses?
· Passive: Were the poor masses being laughed at by you?
Explanation of other options:
· (a) Incorrect: Uses "are" instead of "were" (wrong tense).
· (b) Incorrect: Uses "have been" instead of "were being" (present perfect instead of past continuous).
· (d) Incorrect: Uses "had been" (past perfect instead of past continuous).