Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Active Passive Voice

Question:

Select the correct Active/Passive form of the given sentence.

The company objected to the proposal made by me.

Options:

The proposal made by me was objected by the company.

The proposal was being objected to by the company made by me.

The proposal made by me was objected to by the company.

The proposal made by me was being objected by the company.

Correct Answer:

The proposal made by me was objected to by the company.

Explanation:

The correct Active/Passive form of the given sentence is The proposal made by me was objected to by the company.

The original sentence is in the Active voice, with the subject "company" performing the action of "objecting" to the proposal. The passive voice of the sentence would have the proposal as the subject, and the action of "being objected to" would be performed on it. The correct passive voice form of the sentence would be "The proposal made by me was objected to by the company."

The other options are incorrect. The proposal was being objected to by the company made by me is in the passive voice, but the word order is incorrect. The correct word order for the passive voice is "subject + be + past participle + by + agent."

The proposal made by me was being objected by the company is also in the passive voice, but the verb "was being" is used incorrectly. The verb "was being" is used to indicate that the action of objecting to the proposal was happening at a specific time in the past. However, the sentence does not indicate that the company was still objecting to the proposal at a specific time in the past.

The proposal was objected by the company made by me is in the active voice, but the subject of the sentence is not the company. The subject of the sentence is the proposal, and the action of "objecting" is performed on the proposal by the company. This is not grammatically correct, as the proposal is not the one who is objecting.