Identify the Passive Voice of the given sentence.

I saw him yesterday

Correct option is C

The correct answer is (c) He was seen yesterday by me.

• Active Voice: In an active voice sentence, the subject performs the action. For example, "I saw him yesterday." Here, the subject "I" is performing the action of seeing.

• Passive Voice: In passive voice, the focus is shifted from the doer (subject) to the receiver of the action. The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.

·       In this case, the object "him" in the active sentence becomes the subject "he" in the passive voice.

·       The auxiliary verb "was" is used with the past participle "seen" to form the passive voice, and the agent (the doer of the action) is mentioned after "by" (if needed).

·       • The passive voice of the sentence "I saw him yesterday" becomes "He was seen yesterday by me," where the subject of the original sentence becomes the object in the passive construction.

Grammatical Rule Used:

• Structure: Subject (new) + was/were + past participle (V3) + by + agent.

• Usage:

o To change the focus of the sentence from the subject performing the action to the subject receiving the action.

Meanings of other options:

• (A) "You have been seen yesterday." – Incorrect tense (present perfect vs. past tense).

• (B) "You had been seen yesterday by me" – Incorrect tense (past perfect vs. past simple).

• (D) "You were being seen yesterday." – Implies an ongoing action, which doesn't fit the original sentence.