Active-to-passive voice transformation (causative/necessity with "need") Original sentence: You need to clean your shoes properly. Choose the correctly formed passive-voice equivalent using an infinitive.
Verbal Ability
Change of Voice
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
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AYour shoes are needed to clean properly.
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BYou are needed to clean your shoes properly.
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CYour shoes need to be cleaned properly.
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DYour shoes are needed by you to clean properly.
Answer
Correct Answer: Your shoes need to be cleaned properly.
Explanation
Concept/ApproachWith "need", form the passive infinitive: "need to be + past participle". The object "your shoes" becomes the subject.
EvaluationCorrect: "Your shoes need to be cleaned properly."(a), (d) Misassigned subject and awkward semantics.(b) Changes meaning: suggests the person is required, not the action on the shoes.
Final AnswerYour shoes need to be cleaned properly.