Question

Change the following sentence into active voice.
This shirt cannot be worn by me any longer.
A) I cannot wear this shirt any longer
B) Wearing of this shirt any longer is not possible
C) This shirt is too worn out any longer
D) This worn out shirt cannot be worn any longer

Answer 1

Hint: The active voice describes a sentence where the subject performs the action stated by the verb. For example: We are going to watch a movie tonight.

Complete step by step answer:
Option A) I cannot wear this shirt any longer – is the correct answer because it follows the rule of active voice. The passive voice always uses the past participle form of the main verb irrespective of any tense. Only the auxiliary verb depends upon the sentence given in the active voice. Thus, this is the correct answer.
Option B) Wearing of this shirt any longer is not possible – is an incorrect answer because ‘Wearing of this shirt any longer is not possible’ is not converted into active voice. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option C) This shirt is too worn out any longer – is an incorrect answer because the given sentence ‘This shirt cannot be worn by me any longer’ is in passive voice and contains modal verbs and need to convert it into an active voice. This sentence ‘This shirt is too worn out any longer’ this option is an incorrect answer.
Option D) This worn out shirt cannot be worn any longer - is an incorrect answer because the given sentence ‘This shirt cannot be worn by me any longer’ is in passive voice and contains modal verbs and need to convert it into an active voice. This sentence ‘This worn out shirt cannot be worn any longer’ this option is an incorrect answer.

So, the correct answer is “Option A”.

Note:
Active voice means that a sentence has a subject that acts upon its verb. Passive voice means that a subject is a recipient of a verb's action. The given sentence in the question is the passive voice ‘This shirt cannot be worn by me any longer’ and to convert it in the active voice there is a rule to follow and i.e. Subject + cannot + V1 + other agents. Out of the option B, C and D. Option A is the most appropriate answer.