Change the Voice of the following sentence from Passive to Active:
"A king may be looked at by a cat."
Choose the correct option:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) - A cat may look at a king.
To change the voice of the sentence "A king may be looked at by a cat" from passive to active, we need to identify the subject and verb in the passive construction.
The passive sentence structure is:
- Subject (A king) + modal verb (may) + be + past participle (looked at) + by + agent (a cat).
In active voice, the agent (the doer of the action) becomes the subject, and the sentence is restructured accordingly.
- In the active voice, "A cat" is now the subject performing the action (looking) and "a king" is the object receiving the action.
- The modal verb "may" remains the same, indicating possibility.
OTHER OPTIONS
- The cat must look at the king. (Incorrect: Changes the modal from "may" to "must.")
- May a king be looked at by a cat. (Incorrect: This is still in passive voice.)
- A cat looks at a king. (Incorrect: Changes the modal from "may" to simple present tense.)
Thus, the transformation to active voice is accurately represented by the option "A cat may look at a king."