Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Ms. Jyothi will finish the task in a week.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3. “The task will be finished by Ms. Jyothi in a week.”
The original sentence “Ms. Jyothi will finish the task in a week.” is in active voice with future simple tense.
When converting to passive voice, the object ('the task') becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
The future simple active structure (will finish) changes to the passive form: will + be + past participle (here, finished).
We optionally include the agent using “by Ms. Jyothi”, followed by the time expression 'in a week.'
Putting it all together:
“The task will be finished by Ms. Jyothi in a week.”
Why the other options are incorrect:
Option 1: “The task is being finished by Ms. Jyothi in a week.”
→ Uses present continuous passive (“is being finished”) but the original meaning is future action.
Option 2: “The task will have been finished by Ms. Jyothi in a week.”
→ This is future perfect passive (“will have been finished”), which implies completion before a certain time—it changes the tense and meaning.
Option 4: “The task was being finished by Ms. Jyothi in a week.”
→ Uses past continuous passive (“was being finished”), wrongly shifting the tense to the past.