UPSSSC PET 2026 (30 Oct Shift 1)
Choose the correct form of the passive voice to complete the sentence. Someone has stolen my bicycle. My bicycle ________ .
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Answer: Option A — has been stolen
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The sentence 'Someone has stolen my bicycle' is in the present perfect tense, and its passive form uses has or have, then been, then the past participle. So the correct passive is 'My bicycle has been stolen', which keeps the same tense. 'Is stealing' is a present continuous active form and does not work as a passive, 'has stolen' is still the active form, and 'was stolen' changes the tense to the simple past, which alters the meaning of the original sentence. A good rule is that the passive keeps the tense of the active sentence, with the form of 'be' changing to match that tense and the main verb in its past participle form.
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This question tests your understanding of Active & Passive Voice, a key topic in the UPSSSC PET English Language section. The detailed solution above uses a step-by-step approach to show the reasoning, and where available, a shortcut that helps you solve similar questions in under 90 seconds during the actual exam.
Voice shows whether the subject of a sentence performs the action (active voice) or receives it (passive voice). In "Riya wrote a letter", Riya performs the action, while in "A letter was written by Riya", the letter receives it. This topic covers converting sentences between active and passive voice across all tenses, as well as questions, imperative sentences, and sentences with modal verbs. The basic method is to swap the subject and object, use the correct form of "be" for the tense, and change the main verb to its past participle. For example, "is writing" becomes "is being written". Imperative sentences use "let" (as in "Let the door be closed") or a form such as "You are requested to". Present perfect continuous and future continuous tenses are not normally converted to the passive. Practise the active and passive voice questions below, each with a step-by-step explanation.