Question

Choose the active voice of : “Vegetarians should not be offered meat.”

• A. You should not offer meat to vegetarians
• B. You must not offering meat to vegetarians
• C. You cannot offer meat to vegetarians
• D. You have not offer meat to vegetarians

Hint:

When a passive sentence has no 'by...' phrase, you must infer a logical subject for the active voice. For general statements, 'you' or 'we' are common choices.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: Analyze the passive sentence. "should not be offered" is a passive construction with a modal verb ('should'). The agent (the one performing the action) is implied, not stated.
Step 2: Introduce a logical subject. For general advice or rules, an implied subject like 'You', 'We', or 'One' can be used. The options provide 'You'.
Step 3: Change the verb form. The passive modal ('should not be offered') becomes an active modal ('should not offer').
Step 4: Rearrange the sentence. The indirect object 'Vegetarians' becomes the recipient of the action. The direct object 'meat' is offered. The correct structure is: "You should not offer meat to vegetarians."