Question

Change the voice of the following sentence:
They didn’t give me the money.
a. I am not given the money.
b. I was not given the money.
c. I have not been given the money.
d. I will not be given the money.

Answer 1

Hint: In the active voice, the focus is on the subject of the sentence. In passive voice, the focus is on the object of the sentence, and the work is done by the subject.

Complete answer:
The subject of the given sentence is ‘They’. The object is the money. The work done is ‘not giving money’. The given sentence is in the active voice since the focus is on ‘they’ not giving money to ‘me’.
To change the voice, we need to convert the active voice into passive voice. The focus will shift to the object and the work being done by the subject. The tense of the given sentence is a simple past. Therefore, the passive voice will be ‘I was not given the money by them’. Thus, the correct answer is option b, that is, ‘I was not given the money’.
However, including ‘by them’ is optional since it is implied that the money was not given to me ‘by them’.
Option a is wrong because the tense of the sentence changes to present tense with the usage of ‘am’.
Option c has the words ‘have not been given’ which indicates that the sentence is in the present perfect tense. Thus, option c is wrong as well.
Option d is in the future tense since it includes ‘will’. Hence, option d is also incorrect.

Note: While changing the voice of a sentence, it is important to make sure that the tense of the sentence remains the same as the given sentence.