Question

Change the following sentence into passive voice:
Maria crashed into the blue car.
(A) The blue car was crashed by Maria.
(B) The blue car was crashed into by Maria.
(C)The blue car were crashed into by Maria.
(D)The blue car were crashed by Maria.

Answer 1

Hint: Here the tense in reported speech is in present tense so it has to be converted in past tense for its conversion into indirect speech. Direct speech is a phrase in which speech marks (also known as quotation marks or inverted commas) repeat the exact words spoken whereas indirect speech is a way of communicating, without directly quoting, the content of arguments, questions or other arguments, as is done in direct speech.

Complete answer:
When the subject performs an action, a sentence is in the active voice. When the subject receives an action, a statement is said to be in the passive voice. The sentence given is in the active voice, as an action 'crashed' against the object 'blue car' is carried out by the subject 'Maria'. In order to preserve the context of the sentence, if this sentence is changed to a passive voice, then the subject is also changed.

So, the object takes the place of the subject and vice versa and the word 'by' is introduced as now the subject receives the action by the object. The verb form of the sentence is also changed from active form to passive. 'Subject (Maria) + verb (crashed into) + object (the blue car)' changes to: 'New subject (the blue car) + verb (was crashed into) + by + new object (Maria)' The passive form of 'crashed' in the simple past tense is 'was/were crashed'. Since the subject 'blue car' is singular, the verb will also be singular 'was crashed'. This can be seen in option B, hence it's the right answer.
Option A: The preposition 'into' is missing here. Without it, the meaning of the sentence is incomplete. Option C: 'Were' is a plural verb whereas the noun 'car' is singular. Option D: Similarly, 'were' is a plural verb and the word 'into' is missing. Hence options A, C and D are incorrect.

Additional Information:
Direct To Indirect Speech Conversion – Reporting Verb. When the reporting verb of direct speech is in past tense then all the present tenses are changed to the corresponding past tense in indirect speech.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note:First of all study all the rules of direct to indirect conversion, only then you will be able to answer these types of questions. After reading all the given options thoroughly, assess what the correct answer may be.