English Grammar - Active Voice and Passive Voice

English Grammar
English Grammar - Active Voice and Passive Voice

Convert the sentence from passive to active voice: The package will have been delivered by the courier before 5 PM.


Options:

  1. The courier will deliver the package before 5 PM.
  2. The courier had delivered the package before 5 PM.
  3. The courier has delivered the package before 5 PM.
  4. The courier will have delivered the package before 5 PM.

Right Answer: The courier will have delivered the package before 5 PM.

The original sentence is in the future perfect passive tense, indicated by 'will have been delivered'. To convert this to active voice while preserving the same tense and meaning, the structure must follow: Subject(agent) + will have + past participle + object. The passive subject 'the package' becomes the object, and 'the courier' (originally the agent introduced by 'by') becomes the new subject. This gives us 'The courier will have delivered the package before 5 PM', which correctly maintains the future perfect tense. Options 1 and 3 incorrectly shift to simple future and present perfect respectively, while option 2 shifts to past perfect, all of which alter the original tense and meaning. The correct answer is option 4.

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

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