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Passive Sentence: "Sara was married by Ahmed."
In the passive voice, Sara becomes the subject of the sentence, and Ahmed, acting, becomes the agent introduced with "by."

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• The given sentence is in the present indefinite tense.
• The structure followed to change the voice of the present indefinite tense is 'object+ is/am/are+ V3+ by+ subject'.
• Therefore, the correct passive voice of the given sentence is 'An important announcement regarding the foreign policy is expected today.'
• Note: In the given sentence, subject is understood, hence, 'by+ subject (by us)' is not given in the passive voice.

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My wallet has been stolen.

In passive voice, the correct structure for recent events uses "has been" with the past participle.

It indicating that the action occurred recently but the focus is on the result.

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She wanted to know what I was doing there.

This is the correct way to report the original direct speech sentence in indirect speech.

When converting direct speech to indirect speech:

• The question becomes a statement
• The pronoun "you" becomes "I"
• The verb tense changes to the past simple ("are" becomes "was")

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He said that he was going to buy a new car.

This is the correct way to report the original sentence "I am going to buy a new car" in indirect speech. 

When converting direct speech to indirect speech:

• The pronoun "I" becomes "he" (subject pronoun)
• The verb tense changes to the past simple ("am going to" becomes "was going to")

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The work will be finished tomorrow by me.

This sentence is in the passive voice, and it indicates that the subject (the work) will receive the action (be finished) performed by someone (me).

The original sentence, "I will finish the work tomorrow", is in the active voice, indicating that the subject (I) will perform the action (finish) on the work.

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The original sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the subject (He) received an action (was given another chance).

The active form of the sentence reveals who performed the action (His employer).

The correct active sentence is "His employer gave him another chance."

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Is a match being played against our team by them?

This is the passive voice of "Are they playing a match against our team?"

The verb "being played" is in the present continuous passive tense, indicating that the action is ongoing.

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If he had worked hard, he would have passed the examination.

This sentence uses the past perfect tense to express a hypothetical situation that did not occur.