Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Active Passive Voice

Question:

Select the correct Passive form of the given sentence.

Why did you not tell your name immediately?

Options:

Why did your name not told immediately?

Why had your name not been told immediately?

Why was your name not told by you immediately?

Why had your name not been told by you immediately?

Correct Answer:

Why was your name not told by you immediately?

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) - Why was your name not told by you immediately?

  1. Identifying the Active Sentence Structure:

    • The sentence is a question in the active voice: "Why did you not tell your name immediately?"
    • Subject: you
    • Verb: did not tell
    • Object: your name
  2. Converting to Passive Voice:

    • In passive voice, the object ("your name") becomes the subject.
    • The verb "did not tell" is transformed into the passive form: "was not told."
    • "By you" is added to indicate the doer of the action.
  3. Option Analysis:

    • Option 1: Incorrect because "told" is missing the auxiliary verb ("was") needed for the passive voice.
    • Option 2: Incorrect because "had" changes the tense unnecessarily.
    • Option 3: Correct because it uses the proper passive structure with "was not told by you."
    • Option 4: Incorrect because "had" changes the tense unnecessarily.