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English · Q252

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Competitive Exams · English · question 252

Q252

A great man acknowledged me as a flatterer to him.

A.
I was acknowledged by a great man to be a flatterer.
B.
I was acknowledged by a great man to have been a flatterer.
C.
I am acknowledged as a flatterer by a great man.
D.
I was acknowledged as a flatterer to a great man.
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
I was acknowledged as a flatterer to a great man.

Given sentence is in simple past tense and it is in active voice.

Rule :
Subject + (was/were) + V3 + Other agents