Question:
Change the following from active to passive: The government is said to have downplayed the findings deliberately.
Change the following from active to passive: The government is said to have downplayed the findings deliberately.
Options:
- a) The findings are said to be downplayed by the government.
- b) It is said that the findings were downplayed deliberately.
- c) The findings are said to have been downplayed deliberately by the government.
- d) Deliberate findings were said to be downplayed by the government.
- a) The findings are said to be downplayed by the government.
- b) It is said that the findings were downplayed deliberately.
- c) The findings are said to have been downplayed deliberately by the government.
- d) Deliberate findings were said to be downplayed by the government.
correct answer : c)
Explanation:
In the passive voice, the object ‘the findings’ becomes the subject. ‘to have downplayed’ changes to ‘to have been downplayed’. Thus, ‘The findings are said to have been downplayed deliberately by the government.’
In the passive voice, the object ‘the findings’ becomes the subject. ‘to have downplayed’ changes to ‘to have been downplayed’. Thus, ‘The findings are said to have been downplayed deliberately by the government.’