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Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

I learnt a great lesson from my failure.

Option 1: A great lesson is learnt by me from my failure.

Option 2: A great lesson was learnt by me from my failure.

Option 3: A great lesson is being learnt by me from my failure.

Option 4: A great lesson learnt by me from my failure.


Team Careers360 10th Jan, 2024
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Correct Answer: A great lesson was learnt by me from my failure.


Solution : The correct choice is the second option .

Passive voice is the voice in which the object experiences an action rather than the person who performs the action. Hence, the object in the active voice becomes the subject in the passive voice.

The structure of the passive voice in the case of the simple past tense is: "Singular object + was + past participle form of the main verb + 'by' followed by the agent of the action + prepositional phrase."

Therefore, the sentence in passive voice is: A great lesson was learnt by me from my failure.

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