Choose the most appropriate option which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice ?
The news surprised us.
Choose the most appropriate option which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice ?
The news surprised us.
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 4
The active sentence The news surprised us is in simple past, so the passive must also use simple past: was or were surprised. The idiomatic preposition with the verb surprised, when expressing a reaction to something, is at rather than by. This gives We were surprised at the news, matching option 4.
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