Question

Change the following sentence into passive voice:

The girls had lost the match.
a)The match have been lost by the girls.
b)The match has been lost by the girls.
c)The match had been lost by the girls.
d)The match had lost by the girls.

Answer 1

Hint: Passive voice is used when we want to emphasize the object rather than the subject in the sentence. The given sentence is in past perfect tense. [had+ past participle (v3)]

Complete step by step answer:
When we change a sentence in past perfect tense from active to passive voice, the sentence structure changes to - had + been + past participle + subject. Now let us look at the options given to find the correct sentence. Option a “The match have been lost by the girls” is incorrect because ‘have’ is used in present perfect tense and have is used for plural nouns. Thus, option a is invalid.

Option b “The match has been lost by the girls.” ‘has’ is again used in present perfect tense with singular noun forms. Thus, option b is incorrect too.

Option d “The match had lost by the girls.” is incorrect because the structure of the sentence is incomplete. Had + ‘been’ is missing from the sentence. Option d is invalid too.

Option c “The match had been lost by the girls.” is the correct passive voice of the given sentence as if contains had + been + past participle. Thus, option c is the correct answer.

Note: Do not confuse option d as the passive voice. The sentence must have had + been + past participle. Option d does not contain ‘been’.