Teacher:In this task, you will be given a sentence or two along with a change aspect. You should change the given text in the given aspect. Aspects are explained below:
 Tense: Change the tense of the verbs in the text. If they're in past tense, change them to present, and if they're in present tense, change them to past tense.
Number: Change the number of the nouns in the given text. Make plurals into singles and single into plurals. Remember to change the corresponding pronouns accordingly.
Voice: If the verbs are in active voice, change them to be passive, otherwise, change them to be in active voice.
Adverb: add one or multiple adverbs to the text.
Gender: If the text contains female names and pronouns, substitute them with male names and pronouns. Do the same for sentences with mala names and pronouns.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: sentence: The lawyer asked the witness a question , but he was reluctant to answer it . aspect: Number
Student:
The lawyers asked the witnesses a question ,  but  they were reluctant to answer it .