SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 16 September 2025, Shift 2 · English Comprehension · Question 15 of 100

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Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: A solution has been suggested by the team to resolve the issue.

(a)The team had suggested a solution to resolve the issue.
(b)The team was suggesting a solution to resolve the issue.
(c)The team suggested a solution to resolve the issue.
(d)The team has suggested a solution to resolve the issue.

Answer

Why

Correct — D. The passive verb is has been suggested: has + been + past participle, the present perfect passive.

Converting to active keeps the tense. Drop been and keep has + past participle:
has been suggested → has suggested

The agent the team becomes the subject and a solution the object: The team has suggested a solution to resolve the issue → option (d).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
The team had suggested a solution to resolve the issue. — had suggested is past perfect. The passive uses has, so the active keeps has; a voice change never moves the tense.
(b)
The team was suggesting a solution to resolve the issue. — was suggesting is past continuous. Nothing in has been suggested is continuous or past, so both the tense and the aspect are wrong.
(c)
The team suggested a solution to resolve the issue. — suggested is simple past. It reports the same event but drops the present perfect link to now that has been suggested carries.

Concept

Voice conversion swaps subject and object and keeps the tense. Each passive frame maps back to one active tense:

is done → does
was done → did
has been done → has done
had been done → had done

Read the auxiliary in front of been. Here it is has, so the active is present perfect.

The purpose phrase to resolve the issue is not part of the verb and stays at the end in every option. The choice turns on the verb alone.

Key facts

Present perfect passive: has/have + been + past participle.
Present perfect active: has/have + past participle.
The auxiliary agrees with the new subject: The team has suggested.
A change of voice never changes the tense.

Study next

Passive frames tense by tenseWhen to keep or drop the by-phraseSubject-verb agreement with collective nouns such as team

Common traps

Choosing suggested because the action is finished. The voice change must keep the present perfect.
Reading been as a past-tense marker. The tense is set by the auxiliary has.

The reverse conversion, present perfect active to passive, is asked at 14 Sep 2025, 16:00, English Q.12 (The jury has delivered a unanimous verdict, keyed has been delivered).

It is also asked at 23 Sep 2024, 09:00, English Q.4 (I have booked an apartment, keyed has been booked).

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