English Grammar - Active Voice and Passive Voice

English Grammar
English Grammar - Active Voice and Passive Voice

Change the following from active to passive: We shall have dispatched the invitations before Friday evening.


Options:

  1. The invitations shall have dispatched before Friday evening.
  2. The invitations shall have had been dispatched before Friday evening.
  3. The invitations shall have be dispatched before Friday evening.
  4. The invitations shall have been dispatched before Friday evening.

Right Answer: The invitations shall have been dispatched before Friday evening.

The given sentence 'We shall have dispatched the invitations before Friday evening' is in the future perfect tense (subject + shall/will + have + past participle). To convert a future perfect active sentence into passive voice, the correct structure is: object + shall/will + have + been + past participle + by/before + time. Here, the object 'the invitations' becomes the new subject, and the auxiliary structure becomes 'shall have been dispatched'. Option 1 omits 'been', option 2 wrongly inserts 'had', and option 3 uses the incorrect base form 'be' instead of the past participle structure. Only option 4, 'The invitations shall have been dispatched before Friday evening', follows the correct passive construction. Therefore, 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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