Change into passive.hard working farmers must get subsidy
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Answer:
The given sentence is in the active voice, as the subject 'Those who worked hard' performs an action 'obtained' against the object 'good marks'.
If this sentence is changed to passive voice, then the subject, verb and object are also changed, in order to retain the meaning of the sentence.
'Subject (Those who worked hard) + adverb (seldom) + verb (obtained) + object (good marks)' changes to:
'New subject (Good marks) + helping verb (were) + adverb (seldom) + main verb (obtained) + by + new object (those who worked hard)'
The passive form of 'obtained' in the simple past tense is 'were obtained'.
The subject 'those who worked hard' is a noun clause.
This can be seen in option D, hence it's the right answer.
Option A: 'Were being obtained' is in the past continuous tense. But, the sentence is in simple past tense.
Option B: 'Are obtained' is in simple present tense whereas the sentence is in the past.
Option C: Even here, the verb form 'had been obtained' is in the past perfect tense and is not the same as the tense of the sentence.
Hence options A, B and C are incorrect.