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Which is the correct passive voice of: “They painted the walls last week.”

1. The walls are painted last week.
2. The walls were painted last week.
3. The walls had painted last week.
4. The walls are being painted last week.

Correct answer: The walls were painted last week.

Solution

The sentence is in the simple past tense (“painted last week”), so its passive voice should also be in the simple past passive form. The correct structure is: object + was/were + past participle.

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