Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Active Passive Voice

Question:

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

The utensils have been cleaned.

Options:

Someone is cleaning the utensils.

Someone was cleaning the utensils.

Someone cleaned the utensils.

Someone has cleaned the utensils.

Correct Answer:

Someone has cleaned the utensils.

Explanation:

The correct option that expresses the given sentence in active voice is Someone has cleaned the utensils.

The other options are incorrect because:

  • The utensils have been cleaned is in the passive voice.
  • Someone is cleaning the utensils is in the present continuous tense, while the original sentence is in the present perfect tense.
  • Someone was cleaning the utensils is in the past continuous tense, while the original sentence is in the present perfect tense.
  • Someone cleaned the utensils is in the simple past tense, but it does not specify who cleaned the utensils.