Question

Pick the odd word out from these group of words.

She teaches French literature.

• A. French literature is taught by her
• B. She used to teach French literature
• C. French literature is being taught by her
• D. She taught French literature

Answer 1

The correct option is A French literature is taught by her

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 - French literature is taught by her.

Hence, option A is the correct answer according to the rules. Rest of the options are not correct per the ground rules.