Question

The children laughed at the mad man in passive voice

Answer 1

The sentence can be changed into passive voice as :

The mad man was laughed at by the children.

What are active voice and passive voice sentences?

• In English Grammar, we can describe an active voice sentence as a kind of sentence in which the subject of the sentence acts on the verb of the sentence.
• On the other hand, in a passive voice sentence, the verb of the sentence acts on the subject.
• The object of the sentence becomes the subject when changing an active voice sentence to a passive voice sentence.

Answer 2

The mad man was laughed at by the children. This is the answer.

Converting into passive voice:

• In the active voice of a sentence, the subject acts upon the verb
• When a sentence in active voice is converted to passive voice certain changes take place.
• In passive voice, the subject becomes the receiver of the verb's action.
• Hence roles are interchanged.
• The given sentence in the simple past tense.
• The word 'by' is always used in passive form.
• The correct answer is: The mad man was laughed at by the children.