Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
His behaviour vexes me sometimes.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. I am sometimes vexed by his behaviour.
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In the active voice, the subject (his behaviour) performs the action (vexes), and the object (me) receives the action.
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The structure is [subject] + [verb] + [object].
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In the passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
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The verb is changed to the appropriate form of "to be" + past participle, and the original subject (his behaviour) becomes the object of the preposition "by".
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In the passive voice, "I" (the person being vexed) becomes the subject, and "by his behaviour" tells us what is causing the vexation.
Hence, the correct transformation is:- I am sometimes vexed by his behaviour.