Practicing Success
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The spider on the wall frightened Jiya. |
The spider on the wall was frightened by Jiya. Jiya was frightened by the spider on the wall. Jiya had been frightened of the spider on the wall. Jiya has been frightened by the spider on the wall. |
Jiya was frightened by the spider on the wall. |
The correct passive form of the given sentence is Jiya was frightened by the spider on the wall. The active voice of the sentence is The spider on the wall frightened Jiya. This sentence is in the simple past tense, which is used to describe an action that happened in the past. 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 "Jiya" and the main verb is "frighten." The past participle of "frighten" is "frightened." So, the passive form of the sentence is Jiya was frightened by the spider on the wall. The other options are incorrect because:
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