Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

General English

Question:

Choose the correct Passive Voice for the sentence-

'He was driving the car.'

Options:

The car was driven by him.

The car was driving him.

The car was been driven by him.

The car was being driven by him.

Correct Answer:

The car was being driven by him.

Explanation:

The correct Passive Voice for the sentence "He was driving the car" is: OPTION 4 "The car was being driven by him."

Explanation:

  1. Subject and Object Transformation:

    • In the active voice, "He" is the subject who performs the action (driving), and "the car" is the object that receives the action.
    • In the passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence, and the subject of the active sentence (or the doer of the action) is introduced with "by."
  2. Auxiliary Verb "was" and Past Participle "driven":

    • The verb "was" is used to indicate the past continuous tense in the passive voice.
    • "Driven" is the past participle of the verb "drive."
  3. Introduction of "being":

    • In this case, "being" is used to indicate that the action is in progress. "The car was being driven" emphasizes the ongoing nature of the driving.
  • "He was driving the car" is in the Past Continuous Tense. The passive voice equivalent of this tense uses the auxiliary verb "was" followed by the past participle of the main verb, which in this case is "driven."
  • "The car was driving him" is incorrect. This would imply that the car was moving on its own and transporting him, which is not the intended meaning of the original sentence.
  • "The car was been driven by him" is grammatically incorrect. The auxiliary verb "been" is not used with the continuous tense in passive voice.