Identify the sentence with correct passive voice for the given sentence : Did he give you a call?
Were you given a call by him?
In passive voice the object of the active sentence becomes the subject, the verb becomes ‘be’ + past participle, and the doer is placed after ‘by’. In a past simple question, ‘Did’ is replaced by ‘Was/Were’, chosen to agree with the new subject.
Step 1 — Active: ‘Did he (subject) give (verb) you (indirect object) a call (direct object)?’
Step 2 — Taking the personal object ‘you’ as the new subject: ‘you’ takes ‘were’, the verb becomes ‘given’, and ‘he’ becomes ‘by him’.
Step 3 — Passive: ‘Were you given a call by him?’
‘Was he given a call by you?’ reverses who gave the call. ‘Did the call given by you?’ is ungrammatical (no ‘be’) and also reverses the doer. ‘Was you given a call by him?’ breaks agreement, as ‘you’ always takes ‘were’.
Were you given a call by him? option is correct.
Similar Questions
Translate the following sentence into English.
சூரியன் மறைவதற்குள் தோட்டக்காரர் செடிகளுக்குத் தண்ணீர் ஊற்றியிருப்பார்.
Translate the following sentence into Tamil :
“Will your luggage be packed before the train’s arrival”?
Important Questions from Active and Passive Voice
Directions: Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
The coach received the members of the team with great excitement.
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
They are laying new telephone cables in our colony.
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Dr. Verma advised patients to try out a new medicine for migraine.
Choose the correct passive construction of the sentence:
Rosy paints beautiful landscapes.
Direction: Select the correct transformation from active to passive voice :
They made him prince.
