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English grammar covers how words, phrases and clauses combine to form correct sentences. It includes tenses, parts of speech, prepositions, articles, voice, reported speech, agreement, infinitives, gerunds, adverb position, transitions, punctuation, sentence structure and inversion, with special attention to distinctions such as phrases versus clauses and active versus passive voice.
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- A. When will my books be returned?
- B. When my books will be returned?
- C. When are my books returned by you?
- D. When will my books return?
Explanation: This is the correct passive transformation of the original sentence, maintaining both the question format and tense.
Correct answer: When will my books be returned?- A. The book may be choose by you.
- B. The book may be chosen by you.
- C. The book may choose by you.
- D. The book is chosen by me.
Explanation: This is the correct passive transformation of the original sentence, maintaining both meaning and grammatical accuracy.
Correct answer: The book may be chosen by you.- A. A little mouse may even help a lion.
- B. Even a little mouse may help a lion.
- C. A little mouse can even help a lion.
- D. Even a little mouse ought to help a lion.
Explanation: This correctly maintains the emphasis that a small creature, like a mouse, can still help a lion, aligning closely with the original…
Correct answer: Even a little mouse may help a lion.- A. Drivers drive big cars very carefully.
- B. Drivers have to drive big cars carefully.
- C. Drivers are driving big cars carefully.
- D. Drivers must drive big cars very carefully.
Explanation: This correctly maintains the original meaning with the passive structure converted into an active sentence while preserving the sense of…
Correct answer: Drivers must drive big cars very carefully.- A. In the competition Robin would have to draw a picture.
- B. A picture in the competition would have been drawn by Robin
- C. In the competition Robin would be drawn a picture.
- D. A picture would be drawn by Robin in the competition.
Explanation: This is the correct passive transformation, preserving the future conditional tense and the original meaning.
Correct answer: A picture would be drawn by Robin in the competition.- A. The letter has been posted by Das.
- B. The letter was posted by Das.
- C. The letter had been posted by Das.
- D. The letter have been posted by Das.
Explanation: This is the correct passive transformation in the present perfect tense, which matches the original sentence's tense.
Correct answer: The letter has been posted by Das.- A. The match is hoped to be won.
- B. Match winning is our hope.
- C. It is hoped that the match will be won by us.
- D. Winning the match is hoped by us.
Explanation: This is the correct passive transformation, maintaining the original meaning and using the future tense appropriately.
Correct answer: It is hoped that the match will be won by us.- 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.916. 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.