Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
She blew the candles on the cake.
Option 1: The candles on the cake were blew by her.
Option 2: The candles on the cake were blown by her.
Option 3: The candles on the cake were being blown by her.
Option 4: The candles on the cake is blown by her.
Correct Answer: The candles on the cake were blown by her.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option .
To transform this sentence into passive voice, the object becomes the subject, the subject becomes the agent (introduced by "by"), and the verb changes to its past participle form blown .
The structure of the passive voice in the simple past tense is: Object + were + past participle of the verb + by + agent of action.
Therefore, the passive statement would be: The candles on the cake were blown by her.
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