Question

Change the active voice sentence into a passive voice sentence.
(A) A bridge would have been built if the funds had not run out.
(B) Had the ___________________________________________________

Answer 1

Hint: The basic rule to change an active voice into a passive voice sentence one must change the object of the active sentence into the subject of the passive sentence.

Complete answer:
To change an active voice sentence into a passive voice sentence we should follow a few basic rules such as –
a) Make the object of the active sentence into the subject of the passive sentence and the subject of an active sentence into the object of the passive statement.
b) The verb “to be” has to be used in the same tense as the main verb of the active sentence.
c) Use the past participle of the main verb of the active sentence.
Here, we need to focus on the first rule mostly.
So, here we can see that in the second sentence that we have –
“Had the _________________________________________________________”
The object in the active sentence is: if the funds had not run out, this will become the subject for the passive sentence. This implies –
‘Had the funds not run out (would be the start of the passive sentence).
Now, the subject of the active sentence: a bridge would have been built; this will become the object in the passive sentence. This implies that the sentence would become –
‘Had the funds not run out, a bridge would have been built’.
So the solution is – ‘Had the funds not run out, a bridge would have been built’.

Note:
The most important thing to remember here is the rules that are used while changing an active voice sentence into a passive voice sentence.