"We are cleaning the room."
Understanding Active vs. Passive Voice
The original sentence, "We are cleaning the room," is in the active voice. This means the subject ("We") performs the action ("are cleaning") on the object ("the room").
Transforming to Passive Voice: Present Continuous Tense
To change this sentence into the passive voice, we need to make the object ("the room") the subject and restructure the verb. The structure for the Present Continuous tense in the passive voice is:
Object + am/is/are + being + Past Participle + (by + Subject)
Applying the Transformation
Let's apply this rule to our sentence:
- The object is "the room".
- Since "the room" is singular, we use "is".
- We add "being".
- The past participle of "cleaning" is "cleaned".
- The original subject "We" becomes "us" after "by".
Putting it together, we get: "The room is being cleaned by us."
Analyzing the Options
Now let's look at why the options are correct or incorrect:
- Option 1: The room is cleaned. This sentence is in the Simple Present passive tense, not the Present Continuous passive tense. It suggests a habitual action rather than an action happening now.
- Option 2: The room has been cleaning. This is grammatically incorrect and doesn't follow the rules for passive voice formation in any tense.
- Option 3: The room was cleaned. This sentence is in the Simple Past passive tense. It refers to an action completed in the past, not one happening currently.
- Option 4: The room is being cleaned by us. This option correctly follows the structure for the Present Continuous passive voice. The object ("the room") is now the subject, the verb uses "is being cleaned", and the original subject is included as "by us". This accurately represents the meaning of the original active sentence.
Therefore, the correct passive form is "The room is being cleaned by us."
Similar Questions
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Important Questions from Active and Passive Voice
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