Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Active Passive Voice

Question:

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

Honest and polite people are admired by everyone.

Options:

Everyone has been admiring honest and polite people.

Everyone admired honest and polite people.

Everyone will admire honest and polite people.

Everyone admires honest and polite people.

Correct Answer:

Everyone admires honest and polite people.

Explanation:

The correct active voice form of the given sentence "Honest and polite people are admired by everyone" is Everyone admires honest and polite people.

The passive voice of the sentence is "Honest and polite people are admired by everyone." This sentence is in the present tense, which is used to describe an action that happens regularly or now. The passive voice of the sentence is formed by putting the subject of the active sentence after the verb "to be" and the past participle of the main verb. In this case, the subject of the active sentence is "honest and polite people" and the main verb is "admire." The past participle of "admire" is "admired." So, the passive form of the sentence is "Honest and polite people are admired by everyone."

The active voice of the sentence is formed by putting the subject of the passive sentence before the verb and removing the word "by." In this case, the subject of the passive sentence is "everyone," and the verb is "admire." So, the active form of the sentence is "Everyone admires honest and polite people."

The other options are incorrect because:

  • Everyone has been admiring honest and polite people." This sentence is in the present perfect tense, which is used to describe an action that has happened in the past and is still relevant to the present. However, there is no reason to believe that the action of admiring honest and polite people has been happening for a long time.
  • Everyone admired honest and polite people." This sentence is in the simple past tense, which is used to describe an action that happened in the past. However, the action of admiring honest and polite people is still happening.
  • Everyone will admire honest and polite people." This sentence is in the future tense, which is used to describe an action that will happen in the future. However, there is no reason to believe that the action of admiring honest and polite people will happen in the future.