QOTD | English | Active Passive

Question of The Day04-07-2020

Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active / passive) form of the given sentence.

The karate champion was challenging kids in the backyard of our farmhouse.

Answer

Correct Answer : b ) Kids in the backyard of our farmhouse were being challenged by the karate champion.

Explanation :

Active structure: Subject (the karate champion) + verb (was challenging) + object (kids in the backyard of our farmhouse)

Passive structure: Object (Kids in the backyard of our farmhouse) + change of verb accordingly (given below) + by + subject (the karate champion)

The following rules are used:

In past continuous tense, verb (was challenging) will be changed as helping verb(were) + being + third form of verb(challenged)
was challenging– were being challenged

‘Being’ is used to balance the -ing form of the verb.

So, sentence in passive voice will be, “Kids in the backyard of our farmhouse were being challenged by the karate champion.”

Hence, option B is the correct answer.

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