Direction: In the following questions, the sentences have been given in Active/ Passive Voice. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Passive/ Active Voice.
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Who gave you permission to enter?
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- By whom were you given permission to enter?
- By whom was you given permission to enter?
- By whom you were given permission to enter?
- By whom given you permission to enter?
Correct Option: A
The Auxiliary Verb that should be used with you is were and not was. Again, as the given sentence is an Interrogative sentence, in Passive form also, the sentence will be Interrogative, that is in Verb + Subject form. Keeping these two conditions in mind, if we judge the given options we find option (a) correct.
Use ‘by whom’ in passive voice. and use structure “auxiliary + past participle”)
By whom were you given permission to enter? ( Passive )
