Question

Change the voice. Cats catch mice.

• A. Mice is caught by cats
• B. Cats are caught by mice
• C. Mice were caught by cats
• D. Mice are caught by cats

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Mice are caught by cats

• Active Voice Sentence: Cats catch mice.

  • Auxiliary Verb (active voice): In the active voice sentence, the auxiliary verb is "catch," which is used in the form of the base verb.

  • Object (active voice): The subject of the active voice sentence is "Cats," and the object is "mice."

  Passive Voice Transformation: Mice are caught by cats.

  • Auxiliary Verb (passive voice): In the passive voice transformation, the auxiliary verb "are" is used, which is derived from "mice," the new subject. Since "mice" is plural, "are" is the correct form.

  • V3 (Past Participle): The past participle form of the active verb "catch" is "caught."

  • "by" + Subject: In passive voice constructions, "by" is used to introduce the doer of the action(പ്രവൃത്തി ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ). In this case, it's "cats," the original subject from the active voice sentence.

  So, the passive voice transformation of "Cats catch mice" is "Mice are caught by cats."