Multiple choice

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

The children are laughing at the beggar.

  1. The beggar is being laughed by the children.

  2. The beggar is being laughed at by the children.

  3. The beggar is being laughed.

  4. The beggar is the children's laughing stock.

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B Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice, we interchange the respective places of the subject and the object. In passive voice, we always use the third form of the verb with the helping verb. Case of present continuous tense. We do not delete the preposition while changing the voice.

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