Direction: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

The newspaper was read by me.

Question

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SSC CGL 2023 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On: 24 Jul 2023 Shift 3)

Answer 1

The correct answer is "I read the newspaper."

Key Points

The given sentence is in Passive Voice. It is in Simple Past Tense.
As per the given question, we must change it to Active Voice.
The structure of the given sentence is as follows:
- Subject + V2 + Object. (Active Voice)
- Subject (objective case)+ was/were + V3 + Object (subjective case). (Passive Voice)
Example:
- They were shown some rare photographs by their cousin. (Passive Voice)
- Their cousin showed them some rare photographs. (Active Voice)
In the passive voice, the action "reading" is performed by the doer "me."
"I" is the subject and "newspaper" is the object in the active voice.
The correct answer is Option 3.

Correct sentence: I read the newspaper.