Question
Download Solution PDFThe building was surrounded by a team of special commandos.
[Change it into 'Active Voice']
(a) A team of special commandos surrounds the building.
(b) A team of special commandos had surrounded the building.
(c) A team of special commandos is surrounding the building.
(d) A team of special commandos surrounded the building.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is '(d) is correct'.
Key Points
- The sentence 'The building was surrounded by a team of special commandos' is in the passive voice.
- To convert it into the active voice, we must switch the places of the subject and the object, and adjust the verb according to the tense used.
- In the given passive sentence 'simple past tense is used'.
- Active sentences in the simple past tense have the following structure: Subject + past tense form of the verb + object
- Passive sentences in the simple past tense have the following structure: Object of the active sentence + was/were + past participle form of the verb + by + subject of the active sentence
- So, the sentence becomes 'A team of special commandos surrounded the building.'
Hence, the correct answer will be Option 2.
Let us see why other sentence are incorrect:
- Sentence A: 'A team of special commandos surrounds the building' is incorrect because it changes the tense from past to present.
- Sentences B and C: 'A team of special commandos had surrounded the building' and 'A team of special commandos is surrounding the building' are incorrect because they change the tense from past simple to past perfect and present continuous respectively.
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