Sentence improvement (voice: they were the victims, not the agents): choose the correct passive form Original sentence: "They felt humiliated because they realised that they ___." Pick the option that correctly expresses that others deceived them.
Verbal Ability
Sentence Correction
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
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Ahave been cheated
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Bhad been cheated
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Chad been cheating
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Dwere to be cheated
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ENo correction required
Answer
Correct Answer: had been cheated
Explanation
Timeline & voice
- “They felt humiliated” (simple past) because of an earlier completed action by others.
- Therefore we need past perfect passive: had been cheated.
Option analysishad been cheated — correct earlier passive event causing humiliation. ✅have been cheated — present perfect; wrong time frame.had been cheating — active progressive; wrong meaning.were to be cheated — expresses futurity/expectation, not a completed cause.
Final Answer“… they realised that they had been cheated.”