Question

The police arrested a man in connection with the robbery....passive

Answer 1

A man is arrested by the police in connection with the robbery

Answer 2

Certainly! To convert the given sentence into the passive voice, you would need to restructure it so that the focus is on the action rather than the doer of the action. In passive voice constructions, the receiver of the action becomes the grammatical subject.

The original sentence is: "The police arrested a man in connection with the robbery."

Now, let's make it passive:

"A man was arrested by the police in connection with the robbery."

In this passive construction:

- "A man" becomes the subject. - "was arrested" is the passive verb form. - "by the police" indicates the doer of the action (the police). - "in connection with the robbery" remains the same.

So, in the passive voice, the sentence emphasizes the fact that a man was arrested, and it de-emphasizes the role of the police, making the action itself more prominent.