Multiple choice

Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested select the one which best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

The police arrested the thief.

  1. The thief got arrested by the police.

  2. The thief was arrested by the police.

  3. The police was arrested by the thief.

  4. The thief were arrested by the police.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice of a sentence from active to passive, we interchange the respective positions of the subject and the object.  Moreover, we use the past participle form of the verb. The object in passive voice is generally preceded by 'by'.Case of past indefinite, where we use 'was/were + the third form of the verb'. Subject 'thief', being singular, needs singular auxiliary.

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