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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. 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.
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. Will Motin help us?
- B. Shall we help Motin?
- C. "Shall Motin be helped?
- D. We shall helped Motin?
Explanation: This is the correct passive transformation of the original question, preserving the passive voice and the future tense
Correct answer: "Shall Motin be helped?- 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- 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- A. I am interested in Tolstoy of the novels.
- B. "I am interested by the novels of Tolstoy
- C. "I am interested in the novels of Tolstoy.
- D. "I was interested by the novels of Tolstoy
Explanation: This correctly maintains the original meaning, using the appropriate passive voice construction
Correct answer: "I am interested in the novels of Tolstoy.- A. I am spotted by them in the crowd.
- B. "I will have been spotted by them in the crowd."
- C. "I would have been spotted by them in the crowd.
- D. I have been spotted by them in the crowd.
Explanation: This correctly uses the present perfect passive voice, matching the tense and meaning of the original sentence.
Correct answer: I have been spotted by them in the crowd.- 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 vigi
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.