Question

Change the following statement into passive voice.
I expect you to complete this work before sunset.
A. I expect you to be completed this work before sunset.
B. I am expected you to complete this work before sunset.
C. You are expected to complete this work before sunset.
D. You are expected to be completed this work before sunset.

Answer 1

Hint: In grammar, the voice of a verb is defined as a tool to explain the connection between the action that the verb expressesand the participants are identified by its corresponding arguments (subject, object etc.).In most of the literature we notice that the uses active voice are considerably more than passive voice. It is probably because through the uses of active voices, the English sentences can be structured in a more simple manner and by the same time the reader can understand them easily.

Complete step by step answer:
1. In order to change a statement from active voice to passive voice, several things have to be carefully studied. Firstly, it is very important to identify the existing tense of the sentence. Then, the subject and the object should be identified. The question statement says, “I expect you to complete this work before sunset” where the subject is ‘I’, the objectis ‘you’ and the existing tense of the sentence is ‘Simple Present tense’.
2. Then, the positions of the subject and the object should be replaced. Here, ‘I’ will go to the place of ‘you’ and ‘you’ will be placed at the present position of ‘I’.
3. Please note that in this order which is said in active voice, “I expect you….” is to be converted in such a way in passive, where it becomes “You are expected”. The helping verb ‘are’ is used with the main verb ‘expect’ (along with its past participle form).
4. So, in options A and B, where the active voice subject is not changed in passive voice, can’t be the correct options.
5. In option D, we see that the relocation of subject and object has been done correctly, but another ‘to be’ clause is added with the ‘complete’ verb. Please note that in the original sentence, the use of ‘to complete’ is told as the use of the infinitive ‘to’, which denotes the present tense form of the verb. So, by using ‘to be’ and set the infinitive verb in past participle form, the sentence got its grammar incorrect.
6. So, we can see that the correct option is option C. Here, after the voice being changed, the infinitive verb form has not been unnecessarily altered.

Thus, Option C is correct.

Note:
We can represent the action in a sentence using two ways, namely active and passive voice. Active voice is characterized by the literature where the subject is doing the action (verb). But, in passive voice, the object is shown in the place of the subject. But, most importantly, the meaning of the sentence is not changed at any occurrence.