1. The waiter is serving the customer. The passive is

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  1. The waiter is serving the customer. The passive is…

A. The customer is served by the waiter

B. The customer was being served by the waiter

C. The customer is being served by the waiter

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LectureNotes said 1. The waiter is serving the customer. The passive is…

A. The customer is served by the waiter

B. The customer was being served by the waiter

C. The customer is being served by the waiter

Answer: The correct option to change the sentence “The waiter is serving the customer” to the passive voice is option C. The customer is being served by the waiter.

Explanation:

When converting a sentence from active to passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. The structure changes as follows:

  1. Active voice: Subject + Verb + Object
  2. Passive voice: Object + Auxiliary verb + Past participle of main verb + (by) + Subject

For the given sentence:

  1. Active voice: The waiter is serving the customer.
    • Subject: The waiter
    • Verb: is serving
    • Object: the customer

To convert this to passive voice:

  • The object (the customer) becomes the subject.
  • The auxiliary verb “is being” is used to indicate the present continuous tense.
  • The past participle of the verb “serve” is “served”.
  • The original subject (the waiter) is added at the end, preceded by “by”.

Therefore, the sentence in the passive voice is: The customer is being served by the waiter.