Question

Change the following sentence to passive form.

The minister inaugurated the games.

• A. The minister inaugurated the games.
• B. The games inaugurated the minister.
• C. The games were inaugurated by the minister.
• D. The minister started inauguration the games.

Answer 1

The correct option is C The games were inaugurated by the minister.

The ground rules to change active voice in passive voice are:

• The places of subject and object are interchanged.
• 3rd form of the verb (past participle) is always used as the main verb in the passive voice. This applies to all tenses.
• The word 'by' is generally used before the subject.

The given sentence is an example of simple past tense. The formula for simple present tense to convert a sentence in passive voice is Subject + was/were + past participle + by object.

Thus, the passive voice for the given sentence - The games were inaugurated by the minister.

Hence, option C is the correct answer according to the rules.