2018 · Q116
In the following items, each sentence is given in Active Voice followed by four options. Select the option that most appropriately expresses the sentence in Passive Voice (or vice versa) and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The members of the parliament elect their group leader either by consensus or by voice vote.
EnglishActive and Passive Voice
- AThe group leader is elected by the members of the parliament either by consensus or by voice vote
- BThe group leader was elected by the members of the parliament either by consensus or by voice vote
- CThe group leader has been elected by the members of the parliament either by consensus or by voice vote
- DThe members of the parliament are elected by their group leader either by consensus or by voice vote
Explanation
The active sentence is in the simple present (‘elect’), so the passive must be ‘is elected’: ‘The group leader is elected by the members …’. Options (b) and (c) change the tense, and (d) reverses subject and object. Hence option (a) is correct.