Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Who taught you to play the guitar?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. By whom were you taught to play the guitar?.
Voice Concept:
The sentence is in Active Voice (Interrogative – Simple Past Tense) and needs to be converted into Passive Voice.
Structure of Active: Who + V2 + Object?
Structure of Passive: By whom + was/were + subject (object of active) + V3?
Grammatical Explanation:
The verb "taught" is in simple past tense.
The object "you" becomes the subject in passive voice.
“Who” changes to “By whom” in the passive form.
Use "were" with “you” in past tense passive structure.
The main verb "taught" becomes the past participle (V3) "taught".
Correction:
Active: Who taught you to play the guitar?
Passive: By whom were you taught to play the guitar?
Final Sentence: By whom were you taught to play the guitar?