Select the correct active form of the given sentence.

Luckily, the machinery was not used by them.

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  1. Luckily, they had not used the machinery.
  2. Luckily, they did not use the machinery.
  3. Luckily, they have not used the machinery.
  4. Luckily, I did not used the machinery.

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Option 2 : Luckily, they did not use the machinery.
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The correct answer is 'Luckily, they did not use the machinery.'

Key Point

  • Rules to be followed while converting active voice from passive voice :
  • Identify the Subject, Verb, and Object in the passive sentence to convert to active voice.
  • Interchange the object and subject with each other i.e. subject of the passive sentence becomes the object in an active sentence.
  • The past participle (V3) forms in a passive sentence i.e. preceded by (by, with, to, etc) are changed to the base verb in the active sentence.
  • 'Them' will be changed to 'they' as it will become the subject of the active voice.
  • Structure:
  • Passive Voice - Object + was/were + not + V3 + by + Subject.
  • Active Voice - Subject + did/do + not + V1 + Object.
  • Following the above-mentioned rules, the right active sentence: Luckily, they did not use the machinery.

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