Select the correct active form of the given sentence.

Her phone can’t be switched off by my father.

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SSC CGL 2022 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On : 02 Dec 2022 Shift 1)

Answer 1

The correct answer is: My father can’t switch off her phone.

Key Points

The given sentence is in the passive form and we need to change it into the active form.
Both the sentence use a modal verb 'can'. The structures for active/passive voices for modal verbs are:
- Passive: Object + Modal verb + be + Verb (IIIrd form) + by + Subject
- Active: Subject + Modal verb + Verb (Ist form) + Object
Example -
- Active voice - We can buy diamonds, but we cannot buy sympathy.
- Passive voice - Diamonds can be bought but sympathy cannot be bought.
Rules of Conversion from Passive to Active Voice:
- Identify the subject, the verb, and the object.
- Change the object into the subject.
- Change the verb into the past participle form of the verb.
- Change the subject into an object.
Therefore, the correct answer is option 4.

Correct Active Voice: My father can’t switch off her phone.