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One cannot expect children to understand these problems

  • A.Children cannot be expected to understand these problems
  • B.Children to understand these problems cannot be expected
  • C.Children cannot be expected to be understood these problems
  • D.To understand these problems cannot be expected from children by one

Answer: A

Correct answer: Children cannot be expected to understand these problems

The indefinite subject one is exactly what the passive exists to remove. The object children becomes the subject, and the modal cannot is followed by be + past participle: cannot be expected.

The infinitive clause to understand these problems is untouched - it is the complement of expect, not its object. Turning it passive as well (to be understood these problems) leaves the sentence with an object it can no longer govern.

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