Change the following sentence from Active Voice to Passive Voice.
The police arrested the thief.

Correct option is B

The correct passive voice is (b) The thief was arrested by the police.
• The verb “arrested” is in Simple Past Tense (V²).
• In Passive Voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
– Object in active: the thief
– Subject in passive: the thief
• Simple Past Passive structure is: was/were + V³.
• “arrested” (V²) becomes arrested (V³) in passive (same form here).
• Therefore: The thief was arrested by the police.
Grammatical Rule Used (English):
• Simple Past (Active): Subject + V² + Object
• Simple Past (Passive): Object + was/were + V³ + by + Subject
Grammatical Rule Used (Hindi):
• Active से Passive बनाते समय tense नहीं बदलता।
• Simple Past Passive की संरचना होती है: was/were + क्रिया का तीसरा रूप (V³)।
• Active का object Passive में subject बनता है और कर्ता “by” के साथ आता है।