Directions: Change the following sentence into Passive voice:
He kept me waiting.
- AI had been waited by him.
- BI waited by him.
- CI was kept waiting by him.
- DI was waited by him.
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The active sentence is in the simple past tense (Subject + V
2
+ Object + Complement).
Move the objective pronoun "me" to the subject position, changing it to "I".
Use the simple past passive auxiliary verb combination for a first-person singular subject: "was" + past participle (V
3
) → "was kept".
Keep the objective complement participle phrase "waiting" right after the verb.
Add the agent phrase "by him" at the end.
This forms: "I was kept waiting by him." (Option C)
2
+ Object + Complement).
Move the objective pronoun "me" to the subject position, changing it to "I".
Use the simple past passive auxiliary verb combination for a first-person singular subject: "was" + past participle (V
3
) → "was kept".
Keep the objective complement participle phrase "waiting" right after the verb.
Add the agent phrase "by him" at the end.
This forms: "I was kept waiting by him." (Option C)