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Q: Which of the following sentences is in passive voice?
  • A. Please mind your business.
  • B. I kept quiet throughout the meeting.
  • C. He was assisted by a group of students.
  • D. They came late and lost the match.
Correct Answer: Option C - A verb is in the passive voice when the subject is being acted upon or when the emphasis is on the subject or the work done. The passive voice is so called because the person or thing denoted by the subject that is not active but passive and suffers or receives some action. Here the subject ‘He’ is being acted upon.
C. A verb is in the passive voice when the subject is being acted upon or when the emphasis is on the subject or the work done. The passive voice is so called because the person or thing denoted by the subject that is not active but passive and suffers or receives some action. Here the subject ‘He’ is being acted upon.

Explanations:

A verb is in the passive voice when the subject is being acted upon or when the emphasis is on the subject or the work done. The passive voice is so called because the person or thing denoted by the subject that is not active but passive and suffers or receives some action. Here the subject ‘He’ is being acted upon.