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In the provided examples, what is the passive voice version of "Brenda bought a bike"?

  1. A bike was bought by Brenda

  2. Brenda buys a bike

  3. Brenda has bought a bike

  4. A bike is bought by Brenda

The correct answer is: A bike was bought by Brenda

The passive voice construction shifts the focus of the sentence from the subject performing an action to the action being performed on the subject. In the original sentence, "Brenda bought a bike," Brenda is the subject performing the action of buying. Transforming this into the passive voice involves making the object (the bike) the subject of the new sentence. Thus, "A bike was bought by Brenda" captures this shift effectively. This version highlights the bike as the recipient of the action rather than emphasizing Brenda as the doer. The other options do not represent the passive voice effectively. The other choices either maintain the active structure, change the tense, or do not properly convey the action being performed on the object. Therefore, the correct passive voice formulation is accurately expressed as "A bike was bought by Brenda."

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