Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Austin kept the cake in the refrigerator.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. The cake was kept in the refrigerator by Austin.
The structure in active voice is:-
Subject: Austin + Verb: kept + Object: the cake + Prepositional phrase: in the refrigerator
To change the voice into passive voice:-
The correct structure is:
Object (new subject) + was/were + past participle of the verb + by + subject.
- The object ("the cake") in the active voice becomes the subject in the passive voice.
- The active verb "kept" is in simple past tense. "Kept" is already the past participle of "keep," so we use "was kept" (since "cake" is singular).
- "In the refrigerator" remains unchanged in the sentence.
Hence, the correct sentence is: "The cake was kept in the refrigerator by Austin."