Choose the correct active form of the given sentence:
Will the school trophies be polished by the caretaker before Annual Day?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Will the caretaker polish the school trophies before Annual Day?
Active form of a passive question (simple future):
| Change | Passive | Active | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doer becomes subject | by the caretaker | the caretaker (after “Will”) | The caretaker does the polishing, so he becomes the subject. In a question the subject comes after “Will”. |
| Tense kept | will ... be polished | will ... polish | “Will ... be polished” is the simple future passive, so the active stays in the simple future: will + base verb. “Be” and the past participle (V3) “polished” go. |
| Subject becomes object | the school trophies | the school trophies (after “polish”) | The trophies receive the action, so they go after “polish”. |
| Question form kept | Will ... ? | Will ... ? | The given sentence is a question, so “Will” stays at the front and the question mark stays. |
| Full sentence | Will the school trophies be polished by the caretaker before Annual Day? | Will the caretaker polish the school trophies before Annual Day? |
Other passive questions change back the same way. Example: Will the cake be cut by Riya? → Will Riya cut the cake?
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Would the caretaker polish the school trophies before Annual Day? — Incorrect. “Would” is not “will”. It turns a plain question about the future into a polite or imagined one.
Option 2: The caretaker will polish the school trophies before Annual Day? — Incorrect. This has the word order of a statement. A question needs “Will” before the subject.
Option 3: Will the caretaker polished the school trophies before Annual Day? — Incorrect. “Polished” is the V3. After “will” the base verb “polish” is needed.