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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

His gold ornaments were stolen by a thief.

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SSC Stenographer 2023 Previous Year Paper (13-Oct-2023) (Shift 3)
The correct answer is

A thief stole his gold ornaments.

The correct answer is A thief stole his gold ornaments.

Passive Voice Feature Active Voice Passive Voice Focus On the doer of the action On the receiver of the action Structure (Simple Tenses) Subject + Verb + Object Object + be + Past Participle + (by Subject) Example (Past Simple) The cat chased the mouse. The mouse was chased by the cat. If the doer is unknown, irrelevant, or obvious from the context, it is often omitted in the passive sentence. When converting such a sentence to active voice, you might need to supply a generic subject like "someone," "somebody," or "people," or understand the context to identify a specific subject if possible.

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Important Questions from Active and Passive Voice

  1. Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

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