Direction: Select the most appropriate option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

The director hired the new employee after the interview.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in Active Voice. As per the given question we have to change it into Passive Voice. 
• The structure of the given sentence is as follows:
  • Subject + V2 + Object. (Active Voice)
  • Subject (objective case)+ was/were + V3 + Object (subjective case). (Passive Voice)
• Example:
  • Their cousin showed them some rare photographs. (Active Voice)
  • They were shown some rare photographs by their cousin. (Passive Voice)
• The subject of the given sentence is 'director.'​​
• The object of the given sentence is 'new employee'. 
• The subject will be put in place of the object and the object will be put in place of the subject.
• 'Hired' will be changed into 'was hired'. 
• "New employee" is a singular subject and we must use "was" with it.
• The preposition "by" is used to indicate the doer of the action in the passive voice.
• Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we find that the correct answer is Option 2.
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Correct sentence: The new employee was hired by the director after the interview.