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    Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. Who broke the cup?
    Question

    Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
    Who broke the cup?

    A.

    By whom was the cup broken?

    B.

    Was the cup broken by someone?

    C.

    Who has broken the cup?

    D.

    What the cup broken by someone?

    Correct option is A


    Active voice: The subject of the sentence does the action (e.g., The chef cooked the meal).
    Passive voice: The subject of the sentence receives the action (e.g., The meal was cooked by the chef).
    The correct passive voice is (a) By whom was the cup broken?
    Explanation:
    · Interrogative sentence in simple past tense.
    · Use “By whom” to begin a passive sentence for “who.”
    · Tense: broke → was broken
    Structure:
    · Who + V2 + object?
    · Passive: By whom + was/were + object + V3?
    Passive: By whom was the cup broken?

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