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1). I have been paid the phone bill.2). I have paid the phone bill.3). I had paid the phone bill.4). They had paid the phone bill.

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The correct ANSWER is Option 2.

The given sentence is in the Passive voice, as the form of the verb (‘has been paid’)SHOWS that something was done by the subject (‘the PHONE bill’) and it was ‘passive’.

Therefore, it has to be changed to the Active voice, where the subject didsomething, and it was ‘active’.

In order to do that,

  1. The object of the transitive verb (a verb that requires ONE or more objects) in the Passive voice should BECOME the subject of the verb in the Active voice (‘I’ becomes the subject in place of ‘the phone bill’).
  2. If the object is implied in the passive form, an appropriate subject should be chosen for the active form. (‘I’)
  3. The verb should be changed from the Passive voice to the Active voice without changing its tense (‘has been paid’ to ‘have paid’).

 

Thus, the same sentence in the Active voice is ‘I have paid the phone bill.’



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