Active and Passive Voice: The Maid

CMAT 2023 · Language Comprehension · Easy · Grammar

Choose the correct option of Active Voice sentence for the given sentence of Passive Voice:

The child was looked after by the maid.

  1. A.

    The maid looked after the child.

  2. B.

    The maid was looked after by the child.

  3. C.

    The maid was looking after the child.

  4. D.

    The maid will look after the child.

Answer

A

Explanation

The passive sentence is in the simple past tense ('was looked after'). Changing it to active voice gives 'The maid looked after the child.'

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