Choose the correct conversion of Active Voice to Passive Voice for the given sentence :
The cat is chasing the mouse.
(A) The cat chases the mouse.
(B) The mouse is chasing the cat.
(C) The mouse is being chased by the cat.
(D) The mouse is chased.
(E) The mouse chases the cat.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (C) Only
| Active | Passive |
|---|---|
| The cat is chasing the mouse. | The mouse is being chased by the cat. |
Active to passive voice (present continuous):
- Object becomes subject: "the mouse" moves to the front.
- Tense kept: present continuous "is chasing" → is + being + past participle = "is being chased".
- Agent (by ...): the doer goes to the end as "by the cat".
Example: They are painting the house. → The house is being painted by them.
Checking each sentence:
(A) The cat chases the mouse. — Incorrect.
- Still active, and the tense changes to simple present.
(B) The mouse is chasing the cat. — Incorrect.
- Still active, and it reverses who chases whom.
(C) The mouse is being chased by the cat. — Correct.
- Passive, present continuous, with the agent.
(D) The mouse is chased. — Incorrect.
- It drops "being" (simple present, not continuous) and loses the agent "by the cat".
(E) The mouse chases the cat. — Incorrect.
- Active, and it reverses the meaning.