Question

Change the following statement into passive voice.

People speak English all over the world.

• A. English is spoken all over the world.
• B. English was spoken all over the world.
• C. English was spoken by people.
• D. English is spoken by people.

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

English is spoken all over the world.

An action in a sentence can be represented in two ways, namely active and passive voice.

The passive voice always uses the past participle form of the main verb irrespective of any tense. Only the auxiliary verbs depend upon the sentence given in the active voice.

The correct answer is A)English is spoken all over the world.

Option A is correct as the subject of the given sentence (People) comes in place of the object English) and vice versa, the same tense is used (simple present tense), the sentence is transformed using the appropriate helping verb (is) with the past participle of the main verb (speak).