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Question : Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
The institute gave me a scholarship.

Option 1: I will be given a scholarship by the institute.

Option 2: I was being given a scholarship by the institute.

Option 3: I was given a scholarship by the institute.

Option 4: I am given a scholarship by the institute.


Team Careers360 6th Jan, 2024
Answer (1)
Team Careers360 13th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: I was given a scholarship by the institute.


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

Explanation:
Passive voice is a grammatical construction in which the subject of a sentence is the receiver of the action rather than the doer of the action.

  • Identify the subject and object: Subject (doer of the action): The institute, Object (receiver of the action): me
  • Change the positions of subject and object: New subject: I, New object: a scholarship
  • Use the appropriate form of the verb "to be" and the past participle of the main verb: "was given" (past tense of "to be" + past participle of "give")

The structure of the passive voice is as follows: Subject (I) was/were + past participle (given) + object (a scholarship) + agent (the institute).

Therefore, the correct passive form would be: I was given a scholarship by the institute.

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