JIPMAT 2024 (VA) - Pick the active voice of the following sentence :"The national anthem is being sung by the players". | PYQs + Solutions

JIPMAT 2024

Grammar

Direct & Indirect Speech

Easy

Pick the active voice of the following sentence :
"The national anthem is being sung by the players".

The players were singing the national anthem.

The players are singing the national anthem.

The players sing the national anthem.

The players have sung the national anthem.

✅ Correct Option: 2

The active voice of "The national anthem is being sung by the players" is The players are singing the national anthem.

To convert from passive voice to active voice:

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1. The subject in passive voice (national anthem) becomes the object in active voice

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2. The object in passive voice (players) becomes the subject in active voice

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3. The verb tense should remain the same (present continuous)

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4. Remove the helping verb "being" and the preposition "by"

Hence, the correct answer is Option 2.