Question

Rewrite the following by changing the voice:

The manager will send the memo to the secretary.

a)The memo will be sent to the secretary by the manager.
b)The memo is sent to the secretary by the manager.
c)The memo has been sent to the secretary by the manager.
d)The memo had been sent to the secretary by the manager.

Answer 1

Hint:
The sentence in the given question is in simple future tense.

Complete step by step answer:

The sentence in the given question is in active voice i.e. the subject is the main focus of the sentence rather than the verb and the object. So, the sentence has to be changed to passive voice i.e. the object and the verb get importance over the subject in the tense. Since the sentence is in simple future tense, the passive voice of the sentence must also be in simple future tense. So, the passive voice of the sentence is ‘The memo will be sent to the secretary by the manager’. Therefore, option a is the correct option.

Option b is an incorrect option because although the sentence appears to be in the passive voice of the sentence in question, it is in simple present tense. It uses the verbs ‘is sent’. Similarly, option c is incorrect because it reiterates the sentence in question with present perfect tense with the use of the words ‘has been sent’. Similarly, option d is also incorrect because it reiterates the sentence in past perfect tense with the use of the words ‘had been sent’.

Note: The tense of the sentence must be paid close attention to.