Question

Change the following from active to passive: The university may confer honorary degrees upon exceptional scholars.

• A. Honorary degrees might have been conferred upon exceptional scholars by the university.
• B. Honorary degrees may be conferred upon exceptional scholars by the university.
• C. Honorary degrees may have conferred upon exceptional scholars by the university.
• D. Honorary degrees must be being conferred upon exceptional scholars by the university.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Honorary degrees may be conferred upon exceptional scholars by the university.

• Honorary degrees may be conferred upon exceptional scholars by the university. • When converting an active sentence with a modal verb (may) into the passive voice, the structure changes from may + verb to may + be + past participle. Therefore, "may confer" becomes "may be conferred".