Correct Answer:
A. Passive voice
A transitive verb may be converted into Passive voice. A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning, indicating an action that passes from the subject to an object (e.g., “She writes letters”). The defining characteristic of a passive voice construction is that the direct object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. For example, “She writes letters” becomes “Letters are written by her.” If a verb does not take a direct object (i.e., it's intransitive), it cannot form a passive voice construction because there is no object to become the new subject.
- Option B, “Active voice,” is incorrect because a transitive verb is typically already in the active voice when it has a subject performing the action on a direct object. The question asks what a transitive verb *may be converted into*, implying a change from its standard form.
- Option C, “Adverb,” is incorrect. An adverb is a part of speech that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb, indicating manner, time, place, etc. A verb, whether transitive or intransitive, is a distinct part of speech and cannot be converted into an adverb.
- Option D, “Adjective,” is incorrect. An adjective describes a noun or pronoun. While some verb forms (like participles) can function as adjectives (e.g., “a broken window”), a transitive verb itself, or the action it represents, is not converted into an adjective. These are different grammatical functions entirely.