Which of the following options is the most suitable conversion of the following sentence into Passive Voice?
Why didn't the police arrest the miscreants?
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
To convert an interrogative sentence from active to passive voice, we follow these steps:
Identify the Tense: The original sentence, 'Why didn't the police arrest the miscreants?', is in the Simple Past Tense (negative interrogative form).
Identify the Subject and Object:
Subject: The police
Object: The miscreants (plural)
Apply the Passive Voice Rule for Simple Past:
The structure for passive voice in simple past is:
Object + was/were + not + past participle (V3) + by + Subject
Formulate the Question:
Since 'the miscreants' is plural, we use were.
Active: Why did not (the police) arrest (the miscreants)?
Passive: Why were not (the miscreants) arrested (by the police)?