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'My uncle offered me a gift' can be rewritten without a change in meaning as:

AA gift was offered to me by my uncle

BI am offered a gift by my uncle

CA gift is offered to me by my uncle

DA gift offered to me by my uncle

Answer:

A. A gift was offered to me by my uncle

Read Explanation:

My uncle offered me a gift.

Ask the question:

What was offered?a gift

In passive voice, the thing that receives the action (a gift) comes to the front and becomes the new subject.

Step-by-step

  1. Object → Subject

    • a gift

  2. Verb changes

    • offered → was offered (because the sentence is in the past tense)

  3. Add the receiver

    • to me

  4. Add the doer

    • by my uncle

Result

A gift was offered to me by my uncle.


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