Question
Download Solution PDFSelect the correct passive form of the given sentence.
He drank a lot of coffee before the marathon.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 'A lot of coffee was drunk by him before the marathon.'
Key Points
- The given sentence is in Active Voice. As per the given question, we have to change it to Passive 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:
- Their cousin showed them some rare photographs. (Active Voice)
- They were shown some rare photographs by their cousin. (Passive Voice)
- The subject of the given sentence is 'He'.
- The object of the given sentence is 'A lot of coffee'.
- The subject will be put in place of the object and the object will be put in place of the subject.
- And 'drank' will be changed into 'was drunk'.
- Lastly, the preposition 'by' will be added.
Correct Sentence: A lot of coffee was drunk by him before the marathon.
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