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SSC CPO 2022 PYQ — Question 3

SSC CPO - 11 Nov 2022 - Shift 3 • English • Q3

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

Sugar tastes sweet.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Sugar is sweet when it is tasted.

  • Such sentences are called Quasi-Passive voices.
  • Such sentences seem in active voice but their meaning is in passive voice. Such sentences have verbs that are intransitive (without a direct object). 
  • In the given sentence, the verb ‘tastes’ is intransitive (without any object) and sweet is the adverb. So, we use "it" to refer to the subject on which the action is being taken. In such sentences, we do not use the connector "by". We use "when".
    • For example:
      • Active form: Honey tastes sweet.
      • Passive form: Honey is sweet when it is tasted
  • The sentence in passive voice will be: Sugar is sweet when it is tasted.