Question

Choose the correct option of Active Voice sentence for the given sentence of Passive Voice :-The child was looked after by the maid.

• A. The maid looked after the child.
• B. The maid was looked after by the child.
• C. The maid was looking after the child.
• D. The maid will look after the child.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

To convert a sentence from passive voice to active voice, you need to identify the subject, verb, and object in both the passive and active sentences. The structure of a passive voice sentence is generally: Object + Auxiliary verb (be) + Past Participle form of the Main Verb + by + Subject. The structure of an active voice sentence is: Subject + Main Verb + Object.

1. Identify the components of the passive sentence:
   • Sentence: The child was looked after by the maid.
   • Subject (doing the action): the maid
   • Verb: was looked after
   • Object (receiving the action): the child
2. Transform the sentence into active voice:
   • Keep the same tense: "was looked after" is past simple in passive, so use past simple in active.
   • Rearrange the sentence to: Subject + Verb + Object.
   • The resulting active sentence is: The maid looked after the child.
3. Verify the logic:
   • The maid (original subject) is performing the action of looking after the child. This keeps the sentence in active voice while maintaining the original meaning.
4. Evaluation of other options:
   • The maid was looked after by the child. - Incorrect, as it reverses the roles.
   • The maid was looking after the child. - Incorrect, as the tense changes from simple past to past continuous.
   • The maid will look after the child. - Incorrect, as it changes the tense to future.

Thus, the correct active voice form of the given sentence is: The maid looked after the child.