WBCS.LIVE practice question

Change the following sentence into passive voice: The police arrested the thief.

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. The thief arrested the police.
  2. The thief is arrested by the police.
  3. The thief had been arrested by the police.
  4. The thief was arrested by the police.

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: The thief was arrested by the police.

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: (D) The thief was arrested by the police. šŸ“š Explanation: In the active voice sentence, 'The police' is the subject and 'the thief' is the object. To change it to passive voice, the object becomes the subject, and the verb 'arrested' (simple past) becomes 'was arrested'. The tense must remain consistent. Since the original sentence is in the simple past, we use the auxiliary 'was' followed by the past participle 'arrested'.