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Active voice presents the doer as the subject, while passive voice presents the receiver of the action and uses an appropriate form of “be” with the past participle. Questions cover tense changes, modal verbs, omitted agents and sentences that cannot be passivized because they lack a suitable object.
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- A. The door should be closed and you should sleep.
- B. Kindly close the door and go to sleep.
- C. You are requested to shut the door and go to sleep.
- D. You are request to shut the door and go to sleep.
Explanation: The correct answer is Option C: 'You are requested to shut the door and go to sleep'.
Correct answer: You are requested to shut the door and go to sleep.- A. The snake was killed by the boy with a stick.
- B. A stick was killed by the boys with a snake.
- C. A snake with stick was killed by the boy.
- D. A snake is killed by the boy with a stick.
Explanation: This sentence is a correct rephrasing of the original sentence, using the passive voice to emphasize the snake (the recipient of the…
Correct answer: The snake was killed by the boy with a stick.- A. A circle was being drawn by them in the morning.
- B. A circle was drawn by them in the morning.
- C. In the morning a circle have been drawn by them.
- D. A circle has been drawing since morning.
Explanation: This sentence is a correct rephrasing of the original sentence, using the passive voice to emphasize the circle (the recipient of the…
Correct answer: A circle was drawn by them in the morning.- A. Your question has been answered by anybody?
- B. Anybody has answered your question?
- C. Has your question been answered?
- D. Have you answered your question?
Explanation: The correct answer is Option C: "Has your question been answered?" This sentence correctly uses the passive voice, shifting the focus from…
Correct answer: Has your question been answered?- A. All the details of the invention have been published by them.
- B. The publication of the details of invention was done by them.
- C. All the details have been invented by the publishers.
- D. All the inventions have been detailed by them.
Explanation: This sentence is a correct rephrasing of the original sentence, using the passive voice to emphasize the details (the recipient of the…
Correct answer: All the details of the invention have been published by them.- A. Doing this is impossible.
- B. This is impossible to be done.
- C. This must not be done.
- D. This can't be done.
Explanation: The correct answer, This can't be done, maintains the meaning of the original sentence while using a passive construction to emphasize the…
Correct answer: This can't be done.- A. The prices lowered by shopkeeper.
- B. The prices were lowered by the shopkeeper.
- C. Down went prices.
- D. The shopkeeper got down the prices.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the prices (the subject) received the action (were lowered) performed by the…
Correct answer: The prices were lowered by the shopkeeper.- A. The union leader's proposals could not be accepted by the manager.
- B. The union leader's proposals were not accepted by the manager.
- C. The union leader's proposals will not be accepted by the manager.
- D. The union leader's proposals would not be accepted by the manager.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the proposals (the subject) were unable to be accepted by the manager (the…
Correct answer: The union leader's proposals could not be accepted by the manager.- A. All living species on earth must be taken care of by us.
- B. All living species on earth must taken care of by us.
- C. All living species on Earth had been taken care of by us.
- D. All living species on earth will be taken care of by us.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the living species (the subject) require the action of being taken care of by us…
Correct answer: All living species on earth must be taken care of by us.- A. A fox has been caught by the tiger.
- B. A fox was caught by the tiger.
- C. A fox is caught by the tiger.
- D. A fox had been caught by the tiger.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the fox (the subject) received the action (was caught) performed by the tiger…
Correct answer: A fox was caught by the tiger.- A. I cannot wear this shirt any longer.
- B. Wearing of this shirt any longer is not possible.
- C. This shirt is too worn out any longer.
- D. This worn out shirt cannot be worn any longer.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the active voice, clearly stating the subject (I) and the action (cannot wear).- It directly conveys the idea that…
Correct answer: I cannot wear this shirt any longer.- A. What I mean is that understood by you?
- B. Was what I mean understood by you?
- C. Is what I mean is understood by you?
- D. What I mean is understood by you?
Explanation: - This sentence is a rephrased version of the original question, using a more formal tone.- It correctly conveys the idea of asking if the…
Correct answer: What I mean is understood by you?- A. He congratulated his teacher on his brilliant success in the examination.
- B. His teacher congratulated him for his brilliant success in the recent examination.
- C. His teacher congratulated him.
- D. His teacher congratulated him on his brilliant success in the examination.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the active voice, clearly stating the subject (His teacher) and the action (congratulated).- It accurately conveys…
Correct answer: His teacher congratulated him on his brilliant success in the examination.- A. The money is taken from the customer by the accountant.
- B. The money was taken from the customer by the accountant.
- C. The customer was taken the money by the accountant.
- D. The money had been taken from the customer by the accountant.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the money (the subject) received the action (was taken) performed by the…
Correct answer: The money was taken from the customer by the accountant.- A. Let me not be laughed at.
- B. Let be me not laughed at.
- C. I am laughed at.
- D. Let me not laughed at.
Explanation: A is the correct option as it follows the imperative sentence structure and clearly conveys the message.
Correct answer: Let me not be laughed at.- A. Grass is not eaten by a lion, however hungry he may be.
- B. Grass was being not eaten by a lion, however hungry he may be.
- C. Grass is eaten not by a lion, however hungry he may be.
- D. Grass is not being eaten by a lion, however hungry he may be.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the grass (the subject) does not receive the action of being eaten by the lion…
Correct answer: Grass is not eaten by a lion, however hungry he may be.- A. Whom he is looked after for?
- B. Who is looked after for him?
- C. Who is looked for by him?
- D. Whom he looked after by?
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the person (the subject) is being looked for by him (the agent).- The word order…
Correct answer: Who is looked for by him?- A. English is spoken all over the world.
- B. English was spoken all over the world.
- C. English was spoken by people.
- D. English is spoken by people.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that English (the subject) is spoken (the action) all over the world (the location).-…
Correct answer: English is spoken all over the world.- A. He was refused admittance by the peon.
- B. Admittance is refused to him by the peon.
- C. Admittance was refused by the peon to him.
- D. Admittance is refused him by the peon.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that "he" (the subject) received the action of being refused admittance (the action)…
Correct answer: He was refused admittance by the peon.- A. Our colleague gave us a gift when she retired.
- B. Our colleague was given us a gift when she retired.
- C. We gave our colleague a gift when she retired.
- D. A gift was given to our colleague when she retired.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that a gift (the subject) was given (the action) to our colleague (the recipient) when…
Correct answer: A gift was given to our colleague when she retired.