Active-to-passive voice (reporting advice with infinitive): Convert the sentence to passive, keeping the negative infinitive intact. Source sentence: The doctor advised the patient not to eat rice. Instruction: Choose the grammatically correct passive-voice option.
Verbal Ability
Change of Voice
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
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AThe patient was advised by the doctor not to eat rice.
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BThe patient was advised by the doctor that he should not eat rice.
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CThe patient was being advised by the doctor that he should not rice by the doctor.
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DThe patient has been advised not to eat rice by the doctor.
Answer
Correct Answer: The patient was advised by the doctor not to eat rice.
Explanation
Given data
- Verb: advise + object + to-infinitive (negative).
- Active: The doctor advised the patient not to eat rice.
Concept / ApproachPassive keeps the infinitive phrase with the object now as subject; tense stays simple past.
Step-by-step transformationObject becomes subject: the patient → The patientAuxiliary (past): wasPast participle: advisedRetain negative infinitive: not to eat riceAgent: by the doctorFinal passive: The patient was advised by the doctor not to eat rice.
Eliminate wrong optionsA: Correct tense and structure. ✅B: Changes structure to a that-clause; less direct and not required. ❌C: Ungrammatical and repetitive. ❌D: Uses present perfect has been advised; changes tense. ❌
Final AnswerThe patient was advised by the doctor not to eat rice.