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Direction: Correct passive form of the following sentence:
'Orange tastes sour' is:

  1. A
    Orange is tasted sour.
  2. B
    Orange is sour after tasting.
  3. C
    Orange is sour when tasted.
  4. D
    Orange is tasted as sour.

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

The given sentence 'Orange tastes sour' belongs to a category of verbs called quasi-passive or middle voice verbs (verbs that are active in form but passive in meaning).
The standard rule for converting a quasi-passive sentence containing a sensory adjective into the passive voice is:



Following this rule, the voice conversion yields: Orange is sour when tasted.

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Direction: Correct passive form of the following sentence:
'Orange tastes sour' is:
A
Orange is tasted sour.
B
Orange is sour after tasting.
C
Orange is sour when tasted.
D
Orange is tasted as sour.

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