Direction: Correct passive form of the following sentence:
'Orange tastes sour' is:
- AOrange is tasted sour.
- BOrange is sour after tasting.
- COrange is sour when tasted.
- DOrange 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.
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.