Question

The passive of the sentence, “He will not speak a word.” is:
a) A word will not be spoken by him.
b) No word will be spoken by him.
c) A word will never be spoken by him.
d) All of the above

Answer 1

Answer:

b) No word will be spoken by him

Answer 2

a is the correct

What is the passive form of “he will not speak a word”?

To change any active construction into a passive one, simply make the object of the active construction the subject, and proceed from there.

So: He will not speak a word. “Word” is the object.

Now, make the object the subject, and begin with that:

A word will not be spoken by him.

Now it’s passive, but it sounds strange. How many words will he speak? No words. Let’s begin with that:

No words will be spoken (by him). Or:

Not a word will be spoken (by him). Or even :

Not a word will he speak.

There