The following sentence is written in active voice.

Question

"Our team made many mistakes," the coach said after the team's loss.

Which option below turns this sentence into passive voice?

(1 point)
Responses

Mistakes made the team lose.
Mistakes made the team lose.

The team's loss was caused by mistakes being made.
The team's loss was caused by mistakes being made.

The team lost the game because players made mistakes.
The team lost the game because players made mistakes.

The team would have won without all the mistakes.

Answer 1

The option that turns the original sentence into passive voice is:

The team's loss was caused by mistakes being made.

This shifts the focus from the subject (the team) performing an action (making mistakes) to the result of that action (the loss) being affected by the mistakes.