Which of the following options is the most suitable conversion of the following sentence into Passive Voice?
Why do the villagers fear that man?
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
To change an interrogative sentence from Active to Passive voice, you follow these steps:
The original sentence 'Why do the villagers fear that man?' is in the Simple Present Tense.
Object becomes Subject: The object 'that man' becomes the new subject of the passive sentence.
For Simple Present passive, we use is/am/are. Since 'that man' is singular, we use ‘is’.
The verb 'fear' changes to its third form (V3), which is feared.
The original subject 'the villagers' is added at the end, preceded by ‘by’.
The sentence maintains the question word 'Why' at the beginning and ensure the helping verb comes before the new subject.
Option ‘D’ follows all these rules.