Question

The given sentence is in active/passive voice. Change the voice of the sentence. Select the correct option from the sentence below. She has preserved all the old letters of her dead lover.

• A. All the old letters of her dead lover have been preserved by her.
• B. All the old letters of her dead lover has been preserved by her.
• C. All the old letters have been preserved.
• D. The letters of her old lover have been preserved.

Hint:

When converting present perfect tense to passive voice, always use "has/have been" before the past participle of the verb. Match "has" or "have" according to the number of the new subject.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1 (Identify the voice of the given sentence).
The sentence "She has preserved all the old letters of her dead lover"} is in the active voice, where the subject ("She") performs the action ("has preserved") on the object ("all the old letters of her dead lover").
Step 2 (Recall the rules for changing to passive voice).
In passive voice: 1. The object of the active voice becomes the subject.
2. The subject becomes the agent, usually introduced by "by".
3. The verb form changes to its passive equivalent.
4. The tense must be maintained — here, "has preserved" (present perfect) becomes "has/have been preserved".
Step 3 (Determine correct verb form).
Since the new subject "all the old letters" is plural, we use "have been preserved" instead of "has been preserved".
Step 4 (Construct the passive sentence).
"All the old letters of her dead lover" (new subject) + "have been preserved" (passive ver(b) + "by her" (agent) \underline{All the old letters of her dead lover have been preserved by her}.
Step 5 (Verify).
The meaning and tense remain unchanged, and the construction follows the passive structure correctly.
\[ {\text{All the old letters of her dead lover have been preserved by her. (Option (a)}} \]