Question

14. The boy laughed at the beggar. a) The beggar was being laughed by the boy. b) The beggar was being laughed at by the boy. c) The beggar was laughed at the boy.

Answer 1

Answer:

option b would be the most suitable

Answer 2

The correct passive voice form will be

b) The beggar was being laughed at by the boy.

Passive voice:

• The passive voice will have the object of the sentence in the beginning and the subject of the sentence in the end followed by the particle 'by'.
• Here, the subject is 'the boy' and the object is 'the beggar', but when we convert the active voice form into passive voice form the positions of the subject and object will interchange.
• Thus, the sentence will now start from 'The beggar' and end with 'by the boy', the tense of the verb will change to Past-Perfect tense in passive voice.
• Rest all including the main verb of the sentence remains the same and will be added after 'the beggar'.
• Thus, the sentence will be formed as 'The beggar was being laughed at by the boy'.

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