Select the option that expresses the following sentence in passive voice.
Your mother teaches us English literature.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct is option 1 i.e. English literature is taught to us by your mother.
- The passive voice is formed by rearranging the sentence structure to emphasize the recipient of the action rather than the doer.
- Active voice structure: Subject + verb + Object
- Passive voice structure: Object + be verb + past participle + by + doer
- So, in the passive voice construction, the focus is on what is being taught (English literature) rather than who is doing the teaching (your mother).
- Passive voice constructions have the option to include or omit the doer of the action (by your mother).
- Including it provides additional information about who is performing the action.