2018 · Q118
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 writer who passed away recently has authored a dozen novels and a number of poetry collections.
EnglishActive and Passive Voice
- AA dozen novels and a number of poetry collections have been authored by the writer who passed away recently
- BA dozen novels and a number of poetry collections has been authored by the writer who passed away recently
- CA dozen novels and a number of poetry collections were authored by the writer who passed away recently
- DA dozen novels and a number of poetry collections had been authored by the writer who passed away recently
Explanation
‘Has authored’ becomes ‘have been authored’ to agree with the plural subject ‘a dozen novels and a number of poetry collections’. Option (b) wrongly uses the singular ‘has been’, while (c) and (d) change the tense. Hence option (a) is correct.