Question

The lady had some tea.
The verb in the above sentence is in active voice.
A) True
B) False

Answer 1

Hint:How to identify if a verb is in active or in passive voice. For example: I wrote the paper (subject=I, verb=wrote, object=paper). When using the passive voice, the subject of the sentence is acted upon. The passive voice is: The paper was written by me.

Complete answer:
Option A) True – is the correct answer, that the sentence ‘The lady had some tea’ is in the active voice. Active voice majorly talks about the straightforward talking or sentences or phrase. So, this is the correct answer as the given sentence is in the active voice.
Option B) False – is an incorrect answer because the given sentence is in active voice not in the passive voice. In passive voice, the subject is acted upon by the verb. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.
The lady had some tea – True
The verb in the above sentence is in active voice.

The right answer to this is option (A).

Note:For identifying whether the sentence is in active or passive voice. So, we should be aware of the rules of the voices. An action in a sentence can be represented in two ways, namely active and passive voice. The passive voice always uses the past participle form of the main verb irrespective of any tense. Only the auxiliary verbs depend upon the sentence given in the active voice.
Active voice: Subject + to be (is, am, are) + present participle + object
Passive voice: Subject + to be (is, am are) + being + past participle + object
So, as per the rules, the correct answer is option A: True as the given sentence is in the active voice and to transform it into the passive voice, the subject of the given sentence (the lady) comes in the place of the object (some tea) and vice versa. Also, as the sentence is in the simple past tense, the helping verb 'was' with the past participle form of 'has' would have been added.