Question

change this sentence to make it passive. his parents inherited this house years ago. this house had been inherited by his parents years ago. this house was inherited by his parents years ago. this house has been inherited by his parents years ago. this house is inherited by his parents years ago.

Explanation:

To convert the active sentence "His parents inherited this house years ago" to passive voice, we follow these steps:

1. Identify the object of the active sentence, which is "this house", and make it the subject of the passive sentence.
2. The verb "inherited" is in the simple past tense. For passive voice in simple past, we use "was + past participle". The past participle of "inherit" is "inherited".
3. The agent (His parents) is introduced with "by".

Now let's analyze each option:

• Option 1: "This house had been inherited by his parents years ago." - "had been" is past perfect, which is not correct here as the original action is in simple past.
• Option 2: "This house was inherited by his parents years ago." - This follows the simple past passive structure (was + inherited) and correctly places the agent with "by".
• Option 3: "This house has been inherited by his parents years ago." - "has been" is present perfect, which doesn't match the past time frame of "years ago".
• Option 4: "This house is inherited by his parents years ago." - "is" is present tense, which is incorrect for an action that happened "years ago".

Answer:

B. This house was inherited by his parents years ago.