Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Active Passive Voice

Question:

Select the option that best express the given sentence in the Passive Voice:

'Somebody has stolen my book.'

Options:

Somebody stole my book.

My book has been stolen.

My book had stolen by somebody.

My book was stolen by somebody.

Correct Answer:

My book has been stolen.

Explanation:

The correct option is:'My book has been stolen.'

In the original sentence, "Somebody has stolen my book," the subject is "Somebody," the verb is "has stolen," and the object is "my book."

In the passive voice, the object becomes the subject, and the original subject becomes the agent (or is omitted). The passive construction for the given sentence is "My book has been stolen." Here, "My book" is the subject, "has been stolen" is the passive construction of "has stolen," and "by somebody" is omitted because the doer of the action is unknown or not specified.

The passive voice is used when the focus is on the action or the result rather than the doer of the action.