Question
Download Solution PDFDirection: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The newspaper was read by me.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
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- 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.
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