Question

Change the following sentence to the passive form.

The workers clean the streets every day.

• A. The streets were cleaned everyday by the workers.
• B. The workers used to clean the streets everyday.
• C. The streets are cleaned everyday by the workers.
• D. The workers were cleaning the streets everyday.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

The streets are cleaned everyday by the workers.

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 present tense. The formula for simple present tense to convert a sentence in passive voice is Subject +To Be + past participle + by object.

Thus, the passive voice for the given sentence - The streets are cleaned every day by the workers.

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