Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Active Passive Voice

Question:

Select the option that best expresses the given sentence in Passive Voice:

"The sales girl offered a heavy discount."

Options:

Heavy discount offered the sales girl.

A heavy discount was offered by the sales girl.

Offered heavy discount the sales girl.

Heavy discount the sales girls offered.

Correct Answer:

A heavy discount was offered by the sales girl.

Explanation:

The grammatically correct and most accurate option to express the given sentence in passive voice is:

A heavy discount was offered by the sales girl.

Here's why the other options are incorrect:

  • Heavy discount offered the sales girl: This sentence has the incorrect word order for passive voice. In passive voice, the object ("heavy discount") becomes the subject, and the subject ("the sales girl") moves after the auxiliary verb ("was offered").
  • Offered heavy discount the sales girl: This sentence also has incorrect word order and lacks the auxiliary verb needed for passive voice.
  • Heavy discount the sales girls offered: This sentence has several errors.