Change the following into passive voice: Rita writes a letter to him everyday.
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Change the following into passive voice:
Rita writes a letter to him everyday.
- A.
To him a letter was written by Rita everyday.
- B.
A letter was written to him by Rita everyday.
- C.
A letter is written to him by Rita everyday.
- D.
He is being written a letter by Rita everyday.
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Correct answer: C
To change the sentence "Rita writes a letter to him everyday" into passive voice, follow these grammatical rules:
Tense Preservation: The original sentence is in the simple present tense ("writes"). Therefore, the passive voice construction must also use the simple present, which requires the auxiliary verb "is" plus the past participle of the verb ("written").
Subject-Object Transformation: In passive voice, the object of the active sentence ("a letter") becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
Agent Inclusion: The original subject ("Rita") becomes the agent, typically introduced by "by".