Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. A new laptop was bought by me yesterday.
I bought a new laptop yesterday.
The correct answer is Option (1).
Key Points
- In Active Voice, a sentence emphasizes the subject performing an action.
- In Passive Voice, a sentence emphasizes the action or the object of the sentence.
- The given sentence is in the passive voice and 'A new laptop' is the subject and 'me' is the object.
- When we convert this sentence into active voice, the subject 'A new laptop' of the passive voice becomes the object, and the object 'me' becomes the subject. 'Me' is converted into 'I' for the subjective case.
- The sentence is in the Simple past tense.
- The passive format "was + bought(V3)" is used and the active format "bought(V2)" should be used.
- This is the active and passive voice rule for the Simple past tense.
Important Points
- In voice change, TENSE will never change.
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