Question

: Change the following sentence into Passive voice-
              Did you speak the truth?
a)Was the truth spoken by yourself?
b)Was the truth spoken by you?
c)Did the truth spoken by you?
d)Did the truth spoke by yourself?

Answer 1

Hint: We follow a set of rules when we change a sentence from active voice into passive voice-

The position of the subject and object gets interchanged.

We always use the past participle form or the 3rd form of the main verb in the passive voice.

We use ‘by’ with the object of the sentence.

Complete step-by-step answer:
Active voice refers to a sentence in which the subject carries out the action of the verb. And Passive voice refers to a sentence in which the object on which the action is to be performed, becomes the subject and the verb changes into the past participle form.
Let’s understand the above given options with the help of the hint-
a)Was the truth spoken by yourself? – We can see the interchanged positions of the subject and the object. But ‘you’ does not change into ‘yourself’. Hence, it is incorrect.
b)Was the truth spoken by you? – The positions of the subject and object have been interchanged and the past participle form of the verb has been used in the sentence. Hence, this is the correct option.
c)Did the truth spoken by you? – We never use the past participle form of the verb with ‘did’. Hence, it is incorrect.
d)Did the truth spoke by yourself? – This sentence features incorrect use of the tense and the word ‘yourself’. Hence, it is incorrect.

Note: Make sure you’re using the past participle form of the verb while focusing on the pronouns used as well.