English Grammar - Active Voice and Passive Voice

English Grammar
English Grammar - Active Voice and Passive Voice

Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: It was being suggested by multiple sources that the operation had been compromised internally.


Options:

  1. Multiple sources suggested the operation was compromised internally.
  2. The operation was compromised, multiple sources suggested.
  3. The sources were suggesting an operation compromise.
  4. The operation had compromised multiple internal sources.

Right Answer: Multiple sources suggested the operation was compromised internally.

In the passive sentence the real doer of the action is 'multiple sources', introduced by the preposition 'by'. To form the active voice this agent must become the grammatical subject and the verb must be recast accordingly, giving 'Multiple sources suggested'. The reported clause then follows naturally as 'the operation was compromised internally'. Option one does exactly this and preserves the original meaning. Option two keeps a passive main clause, option three distorts the sense by turning the report into a noun phrase, and option four reverses the roles entirely by making the operation the doer. Hence option one is correct.

This question is part of English Grammar - Active Voice and Passive Voice, which has 15 practice questions with answers.

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