Choose the correct Active Voice sentence of the Passive Voice sentence given below:
"By whom are you taught English?"
A. Who is teaching you English?
B. Who are you teaching English?
C. Who teaches you English?
D. Who has taught you English?
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → C only
| Passive | Active |
|---|---|
| By whom are you taught English? | Who teaches you English? |
Passive question with "By whom" to active voice:
- Agent (by ...) becomes subject: By whom asks about the doer, so in the active voice it becomes the subject Who.
- Tense kept: when "who" is the subject, no helping verb "do/does" is used, and the verb keeps the tense of the passive: "are taught" is simple present, so teaches (singular with "who").
- Subject becomes object: "you" goes back to the object position: teaches you.
- The second object "English" stays as it is.
Example: By whom is this shop run? → Who runs this shop?
(A) Who is teaching you English? — Incorrect.
- "Is teaching" is the present continuous.
- The passive "are taught" is simple present.
(B) Who are you teaching English? — Incorrect.
- It makes "you" the teacher, which reverses the meaning, and changes the tense.
(C) Who teaches you English? — Correct.
- The doer "who" is the subject and the tense stays simple present.
(D) Who has taught you English? — Incorrect.
- "Has taught" is the present perfect, a change of tense.
Tip: In this question the options do not follow the order of the statements (Option 1 = B only, Option 2 = C only, Option 3 = A only, Option 4 = D only). NTA often jumbles the options in this way, so after finding the correct statement, read the options carefully and mark the one with the right letter.