Question

look at the sentence below.
the newspaper columnist dictated a draft of the manuscript to the haggard - looking intern.
how would you rewrite the above sentence in passive voice without changing the meaning of the sentence?
a draft of the manuscript was dictated to the haggard - looking intern by the newspaper columnist.
to the haggard - looking intern, the newspaper columnist dictated a draft of the manuscript.
a draft of the manuscript the newspaper columnist dictated to the haggard - looking intern.
it was to the haggard - looking intern that the newspaper columnist dictated a draft of the manuscript.

Explanation:

To convert a sentence to passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject, the verb is changed to a passive form (using "be + past participle"), and the agent (doer of the action) is introduced with "by". In the original sentence, the object is "a draft of the manuscript", the verb is "dictated", and the agent is "the newspaper columnist". The first option follows this structure: the object becomes the subject, the verb is "was dictated" (passive form), and the agent is introduced with "by". The other options either keep the active structure, rephrase the sentence without changing the voice, or use a cleft sentence structure, none of which are passive voice.

Answer:

A. A draft of the manuscript was dictated to the haggard - looking intern by the newspaper columnist.