Change the following sentence into the appropriate passive form by selecting the correct option: “I hope that I shall win this dance competition.”

Introduction / Context:
This question tests transformation from active voice to passive voice for a sentence containing a verb of emotion or mental state, “hope”. Mastering voice change is important in competitive exams because many questions require rewriting sentences while preserving meaning and tense. The sentence “I hope that I shall win this dance competition” expresses a personal hope about a future event. The passive version usually shifts focus from the person to the action while keeping the sense of hope and future outcome intact.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Original active sentence: “I hope that I shall win this dance competition.”
• The reporting verb is “hope”, and the content clause is “that I shall win this dance competition”.
• We must choose the best passive construction among the four options.
• The tense of the actual event is future (“shall win”), and the expression of hope is present (“I hope”).

Concept / Approach:
When changing such sentences into passive voice, English often uses an impersonal construction like “It is hoped that…”. The agent (the person who hopes) can be omitted or introduced later with “by” if needed, but exams usually keep the focus on the action. The content clause “I shall win this dance competition” in passive becomes “the dance competition will be won by me”. Putting it together, we get “It is hoped that the dance competition will be won by me.” This structure preserves the idea that there is a hope about a future win, while shifting from a personal “I hope” to a general passive expression.

Step-by-Step Solution:

Verification / Alternative check:
Check whether the chosen option preserves the same meaning and tense. The original conveys a present hope about a future event. The answer “It is hoped that the dance competition will be won by me” keeps the present passive “is hoped” and the future “will be won”, which matches the sense of “shall win”. Other options either distort this structure or sound unidiomatic. If we try to reverse the transformation, from the passive back to active, “It is hoped that the dance competition will be won by me” can become “I hope that I shall win this dance competition”, which is our original sentence. This round trip verification demonstrates that the transformation is accurate.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:

• Option B: “Winning the dance competition is hoped by me” is grammatically awkward and not a natural English expression. We rarely say that something “is hoped by” a person.
• Option C: “Dance competition winning is my hope” is unidiomatic and clumsy. It does not follow standard patterns of either active or passive constructions.
• Option D: “The dance competition is hoped to be won” is vague and incomplete. It omits the agent and sounds unnatural without an explicit subject such as “It is hoped that…”.

Common Pitfalls:
One common mistake is to mechanically change the subject and object and add “by me” without adjusting the structure of verbs like “hope”, “think”, or “believe”. Another pitfall is to forget that some verbs are more naturally used in impersonal passive forms with “it is hoped that…”, “it is believed that…”, and so on. Candidates should practice these patterns rather than attempting word for word conversions. Always ensure that the passive sentence is one that a native or proficient speaker would actually use in formal writing.

Final Answer:
The correct passive form is “It is hoped that the dance competition will be won by me.”