Question
Download Solution PDFSelect the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The movie was being released on Friday.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 'They were releasing the movie on Friday'.
Key Points
- The given sentence is in Past Continuous Tense and in Passive Voice.
- The rule for changing the given sentence in Past Continuous Tense from Passive voice to Active Passive voice:
- Interchange the object and subject with each other, i.e. object of the passive sentence become the subject of the active sentence.
- The helping verb comes before the object in the active voice as the passive voice starts with the object of the active voice.
- Convert the verb into past participle or 3rd form of the verb.
- Structure: Object + was/were/ + being + V3 + Subject. (Passive voice).
Subject + was/were + V3 + ing + Object. (Active Voice).
- Therefore the correct answer is 'They were releasing the movie on Friday.'
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