Question

Change into passive voice: “I bought this pen.” \[ \text{This pen _ _ _ _ by me. \]

• A. is bought
• B. was bought
• C. has been bought
• D. had been bought

Hint:

Simple past passive voice uses \(was/were+V_3\).

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Concept:
The active sentence is in simple past tense: \[ \text{I bought this pen.} \] Passive voice of simple past tense uses: \[ was/were+V_3 \]

Step 1: Identify object. The object is \[ \text{this pen} \] It becomes the subject in passive voice.

Step 2: Select helping verb. Since \[ \text{this pen} \] is singular, we use \[ was \]

Step 3: Use past participle. \[ bought \] is already the past participle form of buy. So the passive sentence is: \[ \text{This pen was bought by me.} \]

Step 4: Final answer. \[ \boxed{\text{was bought}} \]