Identify the correct passive voice: “People speak English all over the world.”

The correct passive voice transformation of “People speak English all over the world” is English is spoken all over the world. To convert an active voice sentence into passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence, and the verb form changes to a form of “to be” plus the past participle of the main verb. The original sentence is in the present simple active voice, so the passive form requires the present simple of “to be” (is/are) followed by the past participle of “speak,” which is “spoken.” Since “English” is singular, “is spoken” is the correct construction.

• Option B, “English spoken all over the world,” is incorrect because it is grammatically incomplete. It omits the auxiliary verb “is,” which is essential for forming the present simple passive voice.
• Option C, “English was spoken all over the world,” changes the tense from present simple to past simple. The original sentence describes a present, ongoing fact, so the passive voice should maintain the present tense.
• Option D, “English is being spoken all over the world,” represents the present continuous passive voice. This would be the correct transformation if the active sentence were “People are speaking English all over the world” (present continuous active), but the original sentence is in the simple present tense.