Choose the most appropriate option to change the following sentence into the Passive Voice :

He handed her a cheque.

She was handed a cheque by him.

The correct answer is Option 1: She was handed a cheque by him.

The sentence is in simple past tense (“handed”), so in passive voice we must use was + past participle.

The sentence has two objects:

• Indirect object → her
• Direct object → a cheque

In passive voice, either object can become the subject, but the most direct and standard transformation is to make the indirect object (her) the subject.

So,

• her → She (subject)
• handed → was handed
• a cheque remains
• by him is added for the doer

Final sentence: She was handed a cheque by him.

Why the other options are incorrect:

• Option 2: Uses "is handed," which is Present Tense. The original sentence is in the past.

• Option 3: Adds the word "over," which was not in the original sentence, and it omits the agent ("by him"). While "A cheque was handed to her" would be a grammatically correct passive form, Option 1 is a more direct and complete transformation of the original structure.

• Option 4: Uses "been handed" without a helping verb (like "had" or "has"), making it grammatically incomplete.