MCQ: Active & Passive Voice - CUET MCQ

Simple Past Passive voice is :
He was not helped by anybody.

When we convert an active sentence in the simple past tense into the passive voice, we use the verb 'was/were + past participle'. 'Was' is used when the subject is a singular noun or pronoun.
So the answer is, 'I was never sent the bill'.
 

Simple Past Passive Voice
The guests were entertained by Elmer.

Passive voice will be :

The goal of the year was scored by Dennis Bergkamp

The students converted each sentence to passive.
( In  simple past passive)
Each sentence was converted to passive by the students.

The local bank was robbed by three men.

Conversion of Sentence into Simple Past Passive:

Original sentence: The company executive promoted John.

Simple Past Passive sentence: John was promoted by the company executive.

Detailed :

Step 1: Identify the subject and object in the original sentence:

• Subject: The company executive


• Object: John

 

Step 2: Rearrange the sentence structure:

• Move the object "John" to the beginning of the sentence.


• Place the subject "The company executive" after the object.

 

Step 3: Change the verb form:

• Change the verb "promoted" to its corresponding passive form "was promoted".

 

Step 4: Add the preposition "by":

• Insert the preposition "by" after the passive verb "was promoted" to indicate the doer of the action.

 

Final sentence:

• John was promoted by the company executive.

By following these steps, we can convert the given sentence "The company executive promoted John" into the simple past passive form "John was promoted by the company executive."

The simple past passive voice is : The whole town was shaken by yesterday's earthquake.

This speech was not taken seriously by Herman.