WBCS.LIVE practice question

Change the voice of the sentence: You need to clean your shoes properly.

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

Answer options

  1. You are needed to clean your shoes properly.
  2. Your shoes are needed to be properly cleaned.
  3. Your shoes are needed to be cleaned properly by you.
  4. Your shoes need to be cleaned properly.

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Your shoes need to be cleaned properly.

Explanation: Context: When changing to passive voice, the focus shifts from the doer to the object. The structure becomes ‘Your shoes need to be cleaned properly’. 1. You are needed to clean your shoes properly. ❌ – grammatically wrong. 2. Your shoes are needed to be properly cleaned. ❌ – awkward form. 3. Your shoes are needed to be cleaned properly by you. ❌ – unnecessary use of ‘by you’. 4. Your shoes need to be cleaned properly. ✅ – correct passive form. Correct Sentence/Example Sentence: Your shoes need to be cleaned properly before wearing.