Question

look at the sentence below. the high - pitched cry of a peacock pierced the silence of the embassy. how would you rewrite the above sentence in passive voice without changing the meaning of the sentence? the high - pitched cry of a peacock at the embassy pierced the silence. a peacock pierced the silence of the embassy with its high - pitched cry. the silence of the embassy was pierced by the high - pitched cry of a peacock. at the embassy, the high - pitched cry of a peacock pierced the silence.

Explanation:

In passive - voice construction, the object of the active - voice sentence becomes the subject, and the subject of the active - voice sentence is either omitted or follows 'by'. In the given sentence "The high - pitched cry of a peacock pierced the silence of the embassy", the object is "the silence of the embassy" and the subject is "the high - pitched cry of a peacock". To convert to passive voice, "the silence of the embassy" becomes the subject and "the high - pitched cry of a peacock" follows 'by'.

Answer:

The silence of the embassy was pierced by the high - pitched cry of a peacock.