They made the staff report discrepancies silently.
Transforming Voice: Active to Passive
The task is to convert the active voice sentence "They made the staff report discrepancies silently" into the passive voice.
Analyzing the Active Sentence
- Subject: They
- Verb: made (Simple Past Tense)
- Object: the staff
- Object Complement: report discrepancies silently (This structure follows the causative verb 'made')
Passive Voice Construction
To change a sentence with a causative verb like "make" from active to passive, we follow these steps:
- The object of the active sentence ("the staff") becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
- The verb "make" changes tense and form. The active sentence uses the simple past tense ("made"). The provided correct answer uses the Past Perfect Passive tense ("had been made").
- The structure changes from "make someone do something" to "someone is/was/were made to do something". Note the addition of "to" before the main action verb.
- The original subject ("They") is often omitted in the passive voice unless specified.
Applying the Past Perfect Passive structure:
- Subject: The staff
- Verb (Past Perfect Passive): had been made
- Infinitive phrase: to report discrepancies silently
Final Passive Sentence
Combining these elements results in the passive sentence:
The staff had been made to report discrepancies silently.
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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
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Directions: Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
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Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
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