Question
Download Solution PDFSelect the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Uma told Susan to give up smoking.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is option 1) i.e. 'Susan was told to give up smoking by Uma.'
Key Points
- The given sentence is in the active voice. We have to change the sentence into passive form.
- The given sentence is written in 'simple past tense.'
- The structure of these kinds of sentences is:
- Active Voice: Subject + V2 + Object.
- Passive Voice: Object + was/were + V3 + by (preposition) + Subject.
- Let’s see another example:
- Active voice: I bought a pen.
- Passive voice: A pen was bought by me.
- The subject of the given sentence is 'Uma' and the object of the given sentence is 'Susan'.
- So, in the passive voice, the position of ‘subject’ and ‘object’ will be interchanged.
- Also here, 'told' will be changed into 'was told'.
- Here 'to give up smoking' will remain the same.
Correct Sentence: Susan was told to give up smoking by Uma.
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