Question

Change the voice of the sentence given below:

We will not tolerate this.

• A. This was not tolerated by us.
• B. This is not tolerated by us.
• C. This has not been tolerated by us.
• D. This will not be tolerated by us.

Answer 1

The correct option is D This will not be tolerated by us.

The given sentence is in the active voice, as the subject 'We' performs an action 'will not tolerate' against the object 'this'.

If this sentence is changed to passive voice, then the object takes the place of the subject and vice versa and the word 'by' is introduced as now the subject receives the action by the object. The verb form of the sentence is also changed from active form to passive.

'Subject (We) + verb (will not tolerate) + direct object (this)' changes to:

'New subject (This) + verb (will not be tolerated) + by + new object (us)'

The passive form of 'will not tolerate' in the simple future tense is 'will not be tolerated'.

This can be seen in option D, hence it's the right answer.

('Us' is the object form of the subject pronoun 'we'.)

Option A: The verb form 'was not tolerated' is in the past tense whereas the sentence 'will not tolerate' is in the future tense.

Option B: Similarly, the present tense verb 'is not' does not express the tense of the sentence, i.e., future tense 'will'.

Option C: 'Has not been tolerated' expresses the present perfect tense, as opposed to the future tense of the sentence.

Hence options A, B and C are incorrect.