Active-to-passive voice transformation (simple present, adverb placement) Original sentence: They greet me cheerfully every morning. Choose the correctly formed passive-voice sentence that preserves adverbial placement.
Verbal Ability
Change of Voice
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
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AEvery morning I was greeted cheerfully.
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BI am greeted cheerfully by them every morning.
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CI am being greeted cheerfully by them every morning.
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DCheerful greeting is done by them every morning to me.
Answer
Correct Answer: I am greeted cheerfully by them every morning.
Explanation
Concept/ApproachSimple present passive: "am/are/is + past participle". Keep time and manner adverbials in natural positions.
EvaluationCorrect: "I am greeted cheerfully by them every morning."(a) Wrong tense ("was" → past).(c) Progressive passive ("am being greeted") suggests ongoing action at this moment, not habitual action.(d) Unnatural nominalization and incorrect prepositional phrase order.
Final AnswerI am greeted cheerfully by them every morning.