Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: The injured man was taken to the hospital by some villagers.

Correct — D. The passive verb is was taken: was + past participle, the simple past passive.

The doer in the by-phrase, some villagers, becomes the subject.
The verb returns to the simple past active: took.
The old subject, the injured man, becomes the object, and to the hospital stays in place.

Result: Some villagers took the injured man to the hospital → option (d).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  Some villagers take the injured man to the hospital. — take is simple present. The passive was taken is past, so the active must stay past; the passive of this option would be is taken.
• (b)
  Some villagers were taking the injured man to the hospital. — were taking is past continuous. Its passive would be was being taken, with being, and the given sentence has no being.
• (c)
  Some villagers had taken the injured man to the hospital. — had taken is past perfect. Its passive would be had been taken, but the given sentence has only was taken.

Changing voice changes who stands as subject, not the tense. Read the tense off the passive auxiliary before looking at the options.

was or were + past participle is simple past: was taken → took.
was being taken → was taking (past continuous).
had been taken → had taken (past perfect).

Then swap the roles: the doer in the by-phrase becomes the subject, and the passive subject becomes the object.

Key facts

• Simple past passive: was or were + past participle, as in was taken.
• Its active form uses the simple past: took.
• Take is irregular: take, took, taken.

Common traps

• Choosing had taken because the event feels finished, when was taken is simple past, not past perfect
• Getting the voice right but not the tense, as take does

No directly related past PYQ was found.