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Question : Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
Every penny must be accounted for by you.

Option 1: You must be account for every penny.

Option 2: You must account for every penny.

Option 3: You must be accounted for every penny.

Option 4: You must account every penny.


Team Careers360 7th Jan, 2024
Answer (1)
Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: You must account for every penny.


Solution : The correct choice is the second option.

Explanation:
Active voice is a grammatical construction in which the subject of a sentence performs the action expressed by the verb. In sentences written in active voice, the doer of the action is the subject, and the recipient of the action is the object.

  • Subject (doer of the action): You
  • Object (receiver of the action): every penny
  • Place the subject at the beginning of the sentence.
  • "Must account" replaces "must be accounted for."

The structural form of the active voice is: Subject (You) + must + Verb (account) + Object (every penny)

Therefore, the correct active form would be: You must account for every penny.

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