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Direction: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active Voice/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

  1. A selfish person foists all his problems on unfortunate friends.
    1. All the problems are foisted by a selfish person on his unfortunate friend
    2. Foisted on his unfortunate friend the problems of a selfish person.
    3. All his problems are foisted unfortunate friends by a selfish.
    4. All the problems are foisted unfortunate friends by a selfish
Correct Option: A

All the problems are foisted by a selfish person on his unfortunate friends. (Passive)
The sentence is in Simple Present Tense. (Active)
foist on (Verb)
foist something on somebody’ (Phrasal Verb) means to force somebody accept something that he does not want.
e.g. The title for her novel was foisted on her by the publishers.



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