Question

Change the following from active to passive: Historians may well reinterpret the artifact after new evidence emerges.

• A. The artifact may well be reinterpreted by historians after new evidence emerges.
• B. The artifact may have been reinterpreted by historians after new evidence emerges.
• C. The artifact will be reinterpreted well by historians after new evidence emerges.
• D. The artifact could well be reinterpreting by historians after new evidence emerges.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. The artifact may well be reinterpreted by historians after new evidence emerges.

• To switch from active to passive voice, the object (the artifact) becomes the new subject. • The active modal verb phrase may well reinterpret changes to the passive modal form: may well + be + past participle (may well be reinterpreted).