Practicing Success
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. Uma told Susan to give up drinking. |
Susan was told to give up smoking by Uma. Susan is told to give up smoking by Uma. Susan has been told to give up smoking by Uma. Susan had been told to give up smoking by Uma. |
Susan was told to give up smoking by Uma. |
The correct passive form of the given sentence is Susan was told to give up smoking by Uma. The active voice of the sentence is Uma told Susan to give up smoking. This sentence is in the simple past tense, which is used to describe an action that happened in the past. The passive voice of the sentence is formed by putting the subject of the active sentence after the verb "to be" and the past participle of the main verb. In this case, the subject of the active sentence is "Susan" and the main verb is "tell." The past participle of "tell" is "told." So, the passive form of the sentence is Susan was told to give up smoking by Uma. The other options are incorrect because:
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