Choose the correct passive voice: "The gardener waters the plants every morning."
Difficulty: Easy
About this MCQ
This Easy Active and Passive Voice question asks: Choose the correct passive voice: "The gardener waters the plants every morning." The correct choice is D. The plants are watered by the gardener every morning.. Read the options below, commit to one, then use the explanation to see why that choice holds and why the others do not.
Active and Passive Voice items like this one are written for Pakistan exams such as CSS, FPSC, PPSC, and NTS. The difficulty label is a hint about how much of the topic the stem assumes, not a score. Tags and exam names, when they are present, tell you where else the same idea is tested. Previous and next links stay in Active and Passive Voice so you can continue the subject. Related questions point at nearby stems if you want another angle on the same idea.
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- A. The plants is watered by the gardener every morning.
Why not A: “The plants is watered by the gardener every morning.” does not fit this question. The answer is The plants are watered by the gardener every morning..
- B. The plants are watering by the gardener every morning.
Why not B: “The plants are watering by the gardener every morning.” does not fit this question. The answer is The plants are watered by the gardener every morning..
- C. The plants were watered by the gardener every morning.
Why not C: “The plants were watered by the gardener every morning.” does not fit this question. The answer is The plants are watered by the gardener every morning..
- D. The plants are watered by the gardener every morning. ✓
Correct answer
D. The plants are watered by the gardener every morning.
Explanation
The plants are watered by the gardener every morning. (option D) is the accepted answer to “Choose the correct passive voice: "The gardener waters the plants every morning."”. Option A (The plants is watered by the gardener every morning.) does not fit this question. Option B (The plants are watering by the gardener every morning.) does not fit this question. Option C (The plants were watered by the gardener every morning.) does not fit this question. For this Active and Passive Voice question, the accepted answer is The plants are watered by the gardener every morning..
Source: Active and Passive Voice Official FPSC/NTS/PPSC-Style Reference Guide
Tags: FPSC, PPSC, grammar, voice, sentence structure, NTS
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