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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

The company’s board of directors will announce the financial results at the annual meeting tomorrow.

Options

A

The financial results will have been announced by the company’s board of directors at the annual meeting tomorrow.

B

The financial results are being announced by the company’s board of directors at the annual meeting tomorrow.

C

The company’s board of directors announced the financial results at the annual meeting tomorrow.

D

The financial results will be announced by the company's board of directors at the annual meeting tomorrow.

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Correct Answer :

Option D

The financial results will be announced by the company's board of directors at the annual meeting tomorrow.

The financial results will be announced by the company's board of directors at the annual meeting tomorrow.

Solution :

To convert a sentence from the active voice to the passive voice, we follow these steps:

Step 1: Identify the key components of the active sentence.
- Subject: The company’s board of directors
- Verb: will announce (Simple Future tense)
- Object: the financial results
- Adverbial phrase: at the annual meeting tomorrow

Step 2: Swap the roles of the Subject and Object.
In the passive voice, the object of the active sentence ("the financial results") becomes the new subject of the passive sentence.

Step 3: Modify the verb structure to match the passive voice.
The active sentence is in the simple future tense ("will" + base verb). The passive voice construction for the simple future tense is:
will + be + past participle of the main verb
Applying this structure:
"will announce" becomes "will be announced".

Step 4: Place the original subject at the end, introduced by "by".
"by the company's board of directors"

Step 5: Combine all elements, keeping the adverbial details intact.
Combining these parts, we get:
"The financial results will be announced by the company's board of directors at the annual meeting tomorrow."

Therefore, this matches the correct option.

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