The correct answer is option D:
A car was being driven by him, when the accident occurred.
Explanation:
- The sentence is in the past continuous tense, indicating an ongoing action in the past.
- The subject of the sentence is "He" and the verb is "was driving".
- The accident occurred while he was driving, so the past continuous tense is used.
- Let's analyze the given options:
Option A:
A car driven by him, when the accident occur.
- This option is incorrect because it is in the passive voice, which does not match the active voice of the original sentence.
- The verb "driven" should be in the past tense to match the timeline of the sentence.
Option B:
A car was driven by him, when the accident occur.
- This option is incorrect because it uses the simple past tense "occur" instead of the past continuous tense "occurred" to match the timeline of the sentence.
Option C:
A car was been driven by him, when the accident occurred.
- This option is grammatically incorrect because it uses the incorrect form "was been driven". The correct form is "was being driven" for the past continuous tense.
Option D:
A car was being driven by him, when the accident occurred.
- This option is correct because it uses the past continuous tense "was being driven" to match the timeline of the sentence.
- The verb "occurred" is also in the correct past tense form.
Therefore, option D is the correct answer.