Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Active Passive Voice

Question:

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

The incident was narrated by somebody to Naresh.

Options:

Somebody was narrating the incident to Naresh.

Somebody narrated the incident to Naresh.

Somebody was about to narrate the incident to Naresh.

Somebody will narrate the incident to Naresh.

Correct Answer:

Somebody narrated the incident to Naresh.

Explanation:

The correct option that expresses the given sentence in active voice is Somebody narrated the incident to Naresh.

The other options are incorrect because:

  • The incident was narrated by somebody to Naresh is in the passive voice.
  • Somebody was narrating the incident to Naresh is in the present progressive tense, while the original sentence is in the past tense.
  • Somebody was about to narrate the incident to Naresh is in the past progressive tense, while the original sentence does not imply that the action was ongoing.
  • Somebody will narrate the incident to Naresh is in the future tense, while the original sentence does not imply that the action will happen in the future.