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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 driver has been washing the car.
- B. The driver is washing the car.
- C. The driver has washed the car.
- D. The driver was washing the car.
Explanation: This is the correct active voice transformation of the original passive sentence, preserving the present continuous tense.
Correct answer: The driver is washing the car.- A. All the telephone wires will be cut.
- B. All the telephone wires had been cut.
- C. All the telephone wires have been cut.
- D. All the telephone wires shall be cut.
Explanation: This is the correct passive transformation, maintaining the present perfect tense and the meaning of the original sentence.
Correct answer: All the telephone wires have been cut.- A. Who has given you ice-cream?
- B. By whom were you given ice-cream?
- C. By whom was you given ice-cream?
- D. Who had given you ice-cream?
Explanation: This is the correct passive transformation of the original sentence, maintaining the past tense and proper passive voice structure.
Correct answer: By whom were you given ice-cream?- A. The militants have kidnapped many children.
- B. The militants are kidnapping many children.
- C. The militants kidnapped many children.
- D. The militants had kidnapped many children.
Explanation: This is the correct active transformation of the original passive sentence, preserving the present perfect tense and meaning.
Correct answer: The militants have kidnapped many children.- A. All the instructions could be followed carefully.
- B. Let all the instructions be followed carefully.
- C. Instructions may be followed carefully.
- D. Let instructions be followed carefully.
Explanation: This is the correct passive transformation, preserving the imperative mood and meaning of the original sentence.
Correct answer: Let all the instructions be followed carefully.- A. A letter is writing by me.
- B. A letter will be written by me.
- C. A letter has written to me.
- D. A letter has been written by me.
Explanation: This correctly transforms the original sentence into the future passive voice, maintaining the future tense in its passive formation.
Correct answer: A letter will be written by me.- A. The actors over did the comic scenes in the play.
- B. The actors had overdone the comic scenes in the play.
- C. The actors are overdoing the comic scenes in the play.
- D. The actors overdo the comic scenes in the play.
Explanation: This is the correct active transformation of the original sentence, matching the past tense and correcting the verb form to "overdid".
Correct answer: The actors over did the comic scenes in the play.- A. Wise men will be blessed by our Almighty.
- B. Wise men should be blessed by our Almighty.
- C. Wise men have been blessed by our Almighty.
- D. Wise men would be blessed by our Almighty.
Explanation: This is the correct passive transformation, maintaining the future tense and preserving the original meaning.
Correct answer: Wise men will be blessed by our Almighty.289. Convert into Passive Voice;"The authorities are distributing food packets to the flood victims."
- A. Food packets are distributed to the flood victims by the authorities.
- B. Food packets is being distributed to the flood victims by the authorities.
- C. Food packets were being distributed to the flood victims by the authorities.
- D. Food packets are being distributed to the flood victims by the authorities.
Explanation: This correctly uses the present continuous tense in the passive voice, preserving the original sentence's meaning and tense.
Correct answer: Food packets are being distributed to the flood victims by the authorities.- A. Great oaks fell with little strokes.
- B. Great oaks were felled by little strokes.
- C. Great oaks can be felled with little strokes.
- D. Great oaks are felled by little strokes.
Explanation: This is the correct passive transformation, preserving the past tense and conveying the intended meaning that "little strokes" caused the…
Correct answer: Great oaks were felled by little strokes.- A. Every member of the academy got a prize.
- B. They give a prize to each member of the academy.
- C. They are giving a prize to each member of the academy.
- D. They gave a prize to each member of the academy.
Explanation: This is the correct active transformation in the past tense, matching the meaning of the original sentence.
Correct answer: They gave a prize to each member of the academy.- A. Are your lessons not be revised by you?
- B. Are your lessons not being revised by you?
- C. Are not your lessons revised by you?
- D. Are you not being revising your lessons?
Explanation: This is the correct passive transformation of the original sentence, maintaining the present continuous tense and proper passive voice…
Correct answer: Are your lessons not being revised by you?- A. The members shall be selected by the board.
- B. The members are selected by the board.
- C. The members are being selected by the board.
- D. The members were selected by the board.
Explanation: This is the correct passive transformation, maintaining the present tense and conveying the original meaning accurately.
Correct answer: The members are selected by the board.- A. My money was return with interest.
- B. My money was returned with interest.
- C. My money is being returned with interest.
- D. My money had been returned by them.
Explanation: This is the correct passive transformation, maintaining the past tense and accurately reflecting the original sentence's meaning.
Correct answer: My money was returned with interest.- A. The lawyer gives him the details of his uncle's will.
- B. The lawyer has to give him the details of his uncle's will.
- C. The lawyer will be giving him the details of his uncle's will.
- D. The lawyer gave him the details of his uncle's will.
Explanation: This is the correct active voice transformation, matching the past tense of the original sentence.
Correct answer: The lawyer gave him the details of his uncle's will.- A. His subordinate is punished by the Army chief.
- B. His subordinate is being punished by the Army chief.
- C. His subordinate was punished by the Army chief.
- D. His subordinate was being punished by the Army chief.
Explanation: This correctly uses the past tense in the passive voice, matching the original sentence's tense and meaning.
Correct answer: His subordinate was punished by the Army chief.- A. The 'Gitanjali' was written by Rabindranath Tagore.
- B. The 'Gitanjali' is written by Rabindranath Tagore.
- C. The 'Gitanjali' is being written by Rabindranath Tagore.
- D. The 'Gitanjali' has been written by Rabindranath Tagore.
Explanation: This correctly uses the past passive voice, matching the past tense of the original sentence.
Correct answer: The 'Gitanjali' was written by Rabindranath Tagore.- A. Pune has been rocked by five explosions today.
- B. Pune had been rocked by five explosions today.
- C. Pune is rocked by five explosions today.
- D. Pune was rocked by five explosions today.
Explanation: This correctly uses the past tense in the passive voice, matching the original sentence's tense and meaning.
Correct answer: Pune was rocked by five explosions today.299. Convert into Active Voice;"All vulnerable places are kept under constant vigil by the Policemen."
- A. The Policemen keep all vulnerable places under constant vigil.
- B. The Policemen are keeping all vulnerable places under constant vigil.
- C. The Policemen will be keeping all vulnerable places under constant vigil.
- D. The Policemen will keep all vulnerable places under constant vigil.
Explanation: This is the correct active transformation of the original passive sentence, maintaining the present tense.
Correct answer: The Policemen keep all vulnerable places under constant vigil.- A. The police do not be informed about the robbery.
- B. Let not the police be informed about the robbery.
- C. Let the police be informed about the robbery.
- D. The police need to be informed by the robbery.
Explanation: This is the correct passive voice transformation, using the imperative form with "let not" to convey the prohibition.
Correct answer: Let not the police be informed about the robbery.