The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
What would / happen if / human beings were / govern by robots?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. govern by robots.
- In active voice the subject performs the action.
- In passive voice the subject is acted upon by the verb.
- It is a case of simple past passive voice.
- Object +was/were+v3+by+subject
- In the sentence above the subject is human which is acted upon by verb govern.
- Hence, govern will be changed to governed.
Hence the correct sentence is-
What would happen if human beings were governed by robots?