To determine the voice of a sentence, we need to identify the subject and whether it is performing the action (active voice) or receiving the action (passive voice).
Correct Option: A) Passive
The sentence "The thief was caught by the police" is in the passive voice because the subject ("The thief") is the recipient of the action, not the performer. The structure "be verb + past participle + by + agent" is a clear indicator of the passive voice.
To change an active voice sentence to passive voice, we need to identify the subject, verb, and object in the active sentence. Then, we transform the sentence by making the object the new subject, using a form of "to be" + past participle of the main verb, and optionally adding "by + original subject". The tense of the verb must be maintained.
Correct Option: C) A movie is being watched.
To change an active voice sentence to passive voice, we need to identify the subject, verb, and object of the active sentence. Then, we make the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence, use an appropriate form of the verb "to be" + the past participle of the main verb, and optionally include the original subject as "by + agent". The tense of the verb must be maintained.
C) The papers have been signed.
This option correctly transforms the active sentence into the passive voice while maintaining the Present Perfect Tense. The object "the papers" becomes the subject, and the verb form "has signed" (Present Perfect Active) correctly changes to "have been signed" (Present Perfect Passive) because "papers" is plural.
To convert an active voice sentence into passive voice, we need to identify the subject, verb, and object(s) in the active sentence. Then, we transform the sentence structure, making the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence. The verb form changes to 'be' + past participle, and the original subject is often introduced by 'by'.
When a sentence has both a direct and an indirect object, either can become the subject of the passive sentence. However, making the direct object the subject often results in a more common and grammatically direct passive construction, especially when the indirect object is a pronoun.
This results in: "A book was given to her by him."
C) A book was given to her by him. This option correctly transforms the active sentence into the passive voice by making the direct object ("a book") the subject, using the correct passive verb form ("was given"), and properly including both the indirect object ("to her") and the original subject ("by him").
To change an imperative sentence (a command or request) from active to passive voice, we typically use the structure "Let + object + be + past participle of the verb."
Let + object + be + past participle.Correct Option: A) Let the window be opened.
The question asks to convert a passive voice sentence into its active voice equivalent. To do this, we need to identify the subject (doer of the action) and the object (receiver of the action) in the passive sentence and then restructure it so that the subject performs the action directly.
Correct Option: C) The workers repaired the road.
This option correctly identifies "The workers" as the subject performing the action and uses the simple past tense verb "repaired" to match the original passive sentence's tense ("was repaired"). "The road" becomes the direct object.