Question : Following sentence has been given in active/passive voice. Out of the given four alternatives, suggest the one which best expresses the given sentence in passive/active voice.
He drank all the coffee and she ate all the pizza
Option 1: All the coffee he drank and all the pizza she ate.
Option 2: All the coffee was drunk by him and all the pizza was eaten by her.
Option 3: The coffee had been drank by him and the pizza had been ate by her.
Option 4: All the coffee was drank by him and all the pizza were ate by her.
Correct Answer: All the coffee was drunk by him and all the pizza was eaten by her.
Solution : The correct answer is option 2.
All the coffee was drunk by him and all the pizza was eaten by her.
Explanation:
The sentence is in the simple past tense.
The passive verb form is created in the simple past tense by adding was or were before the verb's past participle form.
S + was + v3+Indirect Object + by + Direct Object + prepositional phrase is the format for the passive voice sentence for the simple past tense.
We need to follow the below rules in order to create the passive voice.
|
Active Voice |
Passive Voice ( Auxiliary Verb- was/were) |
|
Subject + V2+ object |
Object+ was/were V3+ by + subject |
