Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
He does not trust anybody.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct passive voice of the given sentence is Nobody is trusted by him.
The active voice of the sentence is He does not trust anybody. This sentence is in the simple present tense, which is used to describe an action that happens regularly. 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 "he" and the main verb is "trust." The past participle of "trust" is "trusted." So, the passive form of the sentence is Nobody is trusted by him.
The other options are incorrect because:
- Anybody is not to be trusted by him. is grammatically incorrect. The adverb "not" should not be placed before the preposition "by."
- Anybody is trusted not by him. is grammatically incorrect. The verb "trusted" should not be used with the negative adverb "not."
- Nobody trusts him. is in the active voice, but the subject of the sentence is "nobody." This is not correct because the person who is not trusted is not "nobody."