Identify the sentences given in Passive voice from the following:
A. You are requested to open the door.
B. Let the light be switched off.
C. You must write a book.
D. The kids should be loved.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, B and D only
Passive voice:
- In the passive voice the subject receives the action instead of doing it.
- Pattern: form of "be" + past participle (V3)
- with a modal: modal + be + V3 (should be loved)
- with a command: Let + object + be + V3 (Let the light be switched off)
(A) You are requested to open the door. — Correct. "Are requested" is be + V3; "you" receives the request.
(B) Let the light be switched off. — Correct. This is a passive command, Let + object + be + V3; the light receives the action.
(C) You must write a book. — Incorrect. This is the active voice: "you" does the writing. Its passive form is "A book must be written by you."
Object becomes subject: the object "a book" becomes the subject.
Tense kept: the modal stays, must write → must be written.
Agent (by ...): the doer "you" moves to the end as "by you".
(D) The kids should be loved. — Correct. "Should be loved" is modal + be + V3; the kids receive the love.
Contrast: in the passive the subject receives the action ("A book must be written by you"); in the active the subject does it ("You must write a book").