Convert into Passive Voice;"Harry ate six shrimp at dinner."
Correct answer: A. At dinner, six shrimp were eaten by Harry.
- A. At dinner, six shrimp were eaten by Harry.
- B. At dinner, six shrimp had been eaten by Harry.
- C. At dinner, six shrimp was eaten by Harry.
- D. At dinner, six shrimp had eaten by Harry.
Explanation
- The original sentence "Harry ate six shrimp at dinner" is in active voice, where the subject "Harry" performs the action of eating.- To convert it to passive voice, we need to make the shrimp the subject, and the action (eating) is performed on them. Hence, the correct passive voice construction is "At dinner, six shrimp were eaten by Harry".
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