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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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341. Don't tell a lie.
- A. Let a lie not be told
- B. Don't let a lie not be told.
- C. Let a lie not be told by
- D. Don't a lie not be told
Explanation: A is the correct option because This is the correct passive voice construction, indicating a request or command to prevent the action of…
Correct answer: Let a lie not be told- A. I was rejoiced at his position
- B. I was rejoiced by his position
- C. I was rejoice at his position
- D. I was rejoiced from his position
Explanation: A is the correct option because This is the correct passive voice construction, indicating that the speaker (I) experienced rejoicing or…
Correct answer: I was rejoiced at his position- A. I was pleased at your company.
- B. I am please with your company
- C. I am pleasing with your company.
- D. I am pleased with your company
Explanation: D is the correct option because This is the correct construction to express satisfaction or pleasure with something, in this case, the…
Correct answer: I am pleased with your company- A. Don't her be told any secret
- B. Don't let she not be told any secret
- C. Let not she tell any secret
- D. Let her not be told any secret
Explanation: D is the correct option because This is the correct passive voice construction, indicating a command or suggestion for secrets not to be…
Correct answer: Let her not be told any secret- A. He is calling you names
- B. He called you names
- C. He calls you names
- D. He call you names
Explanation: C is the correct option because This is the correct active voice construction in the present tense, matching the meaning of the original…
Correct answer: He calls you names- A. This watch was given to me by her last year.
- B. This watch was given to I by she last year
- C. This watch was given to her by me last year.
- D. Last year was this shirt given to me by her.
Explanation: A is the correct option because This is the correct passive voice construction, indicating that the watch was given to me by her in the…
Correct answer: This watch was given to me by her last year.- A. Don't let break her heart.
- B. Don't broke her heart
- C. Don't break her heart
- D. Don't be broken her heart
Explanation: A is the correct option because This is the correct transformation into an imperative sentence.
Correct answer: Don't let break her heart.- A. The nurse cares the kid.
- B. The kid was caring the nurse.
- C. The nurse had cared the kid.
- D. The nurse was caring the kid.
Explanation: D is the correct option because This is the correct past progressive (continuous) tense, matching the meaning of the original sentence…
Correct answer: The nurse was caring the kid.- A. At once arrest him
- B. Arrest him at once
- C. Let him arrest at once
- D. Arrest he at once
Explanation: B is the correct option because This is the correct imperative form, directly ordering the action of arresting him immediately.
Correct answer: Arrest him at once- A. They have laughed at me
- B. They had been laughing at me
- C. They were laughing at me.
- D. They laughed at me
Explanation: D is the correct simple past tense, directly expressing the action of laughing at me in a clear and concise manner.\
Correct answer: They laughed at me- A. He will have knocked at your door
- B. He will be knocking at your door.
- C. He will knock at your door.
- D. He will have been knocking at your door
Explanation: D is the correct future simple tense, indicating that he will perform the action of knocking at your door.
Correct answer: He will knock at your door.- A. We must write to him.
- B. We must write to he.
- C. We must written to him
- D. We must have written to him.
Explanation: D is the correct active voice construction, indicating that the action of writing to him is necessary
Correct answer: We must write to him.- A. He write a letter to his mother
- B. He has written a letter to his mother
- C. He wrote a letter to his mother
- D. He writes a letter to his mother
Explanation: D is the correct active voice construction in the present perfect tense, indicating that the action of writing the letter is completed…
Correct answer: He has written a letter to his mother- A. I have taught them this poem
- B. I have taught they this poem
- C. Me has taught them this poem
- D. I have been teaching them this poem
Explanation: A is the correct active voice construction in the present perfect tense, indicating that I have performed the action of teaching them the…
Correct answer: I have taught them this poem- A. The basics of computer are known to me
- B. Ine basic of computer are known to me
- C. The basics of computer is known to me
- D. The basics of computer are known by me
Explanation: A is the correct passive voice construction, indicating that the basics of computer are something that I know.
Correct answer: The basics of computer are known to me- A. They fly kites
- B. They were flying kites
- C. They flew kites.
- D. They had flown kites
Explanation: C is in the simple past tense, which matches the past passive voice construction of the original sentence.
Correct answer: They flew kites.- A. He milks the cow.
- B. He was milking the cow
- C. He milked the cow
- D. He had milked the cow
Explanation: C is the right answer because This is in the past progressive (continuous) tense, which matches the passive voice construction of the…
Correct answer: He was milking the cow- A. By whom was you taught French?
- B. from whom were you taught French?
- C. By whom you were taught French?
- D. By whom were you taught French?
Explanation: This sentence is correctly structured as a question in the passive voice. It correctly uses "by whom" and inverts "were you."
Correct answer: By whom were you taught French?- A. I was rejoiced by your performance
- B. I was rejoiced from your performance
- C. I was rejoicing at your performance
- D. I was rejoined at your performance
Explanation: This option might be deemed correct in a specific context, though "rejoined" typically means to join again.
Correct answer: I was rejoined at your performance- A. Water is contained in this pot
- B. Water is contained by this pot
- C. Water is contained of this pot
- D. Water is contained to this pot
Explanation: This sentence correctly uses the passive structure and the preposition "in," which is appropriate for indicating where the water is held.
Correct answer: Water is contained in this pot