Question
Download Solution PDFSelect the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
Three novels and two story books had been written by him before 2020.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is option 3) i.e. 'He had written three novels and two story books before 2020.'
Key Points
- The given sentence is in the passive voice. We have to change the sentence into the active form.
- The given sentence is written in 'past perfect tense' form.
- The structure of these kinds of sentences is:
- Passive Voice: Object + had + been + V3 + by + Subject
- Active Voice: Subject + had + V3 + Object.
- Let’s see another example:
- Passive voice: The book had been ordered by him.
- Active voice: He had ordered the book.
- The object of the given sentence is 'Three novels and two story books' and the subject of the given sentence is 'him.'
- The subject 'him' will be changed into 'He.'
- So, in the active voice, the position of ‘object’ and ‘subject’ will be interchanged and 'by' will be removed.
- Also here, 'had been written' will be changed into 'had written.'
- The remaining part will not be changed.
Correct Sentence: He had written three novels and two story books before 2020.
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