Question
Download Solution PDFSelect the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Mary was cooking the meal.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is: The meal was being cooked by Mary.
Key Points
- The passive voice's object replaces the active voice's subject, and the subject of the Passive Voice also replaces the Active Voice's object.
- 'Mary' becomes the object of the passive voice and 'the meal' becomes the subject of the passive voice.
- The usage of a helping verb is necessary while changing the voice of the sentence from Active to Passive.
- The given sentence is in imperative form.
- In active form, the sentence is: Subject + was + V1+ing + Object.
- In passive form: Object + was being + V3 + Subject.
- Example:
- Aradhya was playing Chess. (Active form)
- Chess was being played by Aradhya. (Passive form)
- 'was cooking' changes to 'was being cooked'.
- Thus, the correct answer is Option 4.
Thus, the correct sentence will be: The meal was being cooked by Mary.
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