Examkin

Question

Difficulty: EasyActive and Passive Voice Transformation

Consider the active sentence below:
'The managing director has approved the new budget proposal.'
What is the correct passive form of this sentence?

  1. The new budget proposal has been approved by the managing director.Answer
  2. B
    The new budget proposal have been approved by the managing director.
  3. C
    The new budget proposal was approved by the managing director.
  4. D
    The new budget proposal has approved by the managing director.

Answer

The correct passive form is 'The new budget proposal has been approved by the managing director.'
The correct option places the direct object 'the new budget proposal' in the subject position and accurately transforms the active present perfect verb 'has approved' into its passive counterpart 'has been approved', preserving both tense and singular subject-verb concord.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the object of the active sentence to serve as the subject of the passive sentence.
'The new budget proposal' becomes the passive subject.
Passive voice shifts the receiver of the action to the subject position.
2
Identify the tense and aspect of the main verb phrase in the active sentence.
'has approved' is in the present perfect tense.
Voice transformation requires strict preservation of tense, aspect, and mood.
3
Form the passive verb construction using 'has/have + been + past participle' matching singular agreement.
'has been approved' is formed.
Because 'proposal' is a singular noun phrase, the auxiliary 'has' is required together with 'been' and the past participle 'approved'.

Key Concept

Passive Voice Transformation in the Present Perfect Tense
Rate this question

Topics

Active and Passive Voice Transformation

More questions from this topic