TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES (ACTIVE/PASSIVE)

TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES (ACTIVE/PASSIVE)

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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. I was constantly being asked for money








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    They were constantly asking me for money. (Active)
    The sentence is in Past Continuous Tense. (Passive)

    Correct Option: D

    They were constantly asking me for money. (Active)
    The sentence is in Past Continuous Tense. (Passive)

  1. End the war now !








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    The war must be ended now. (Passive)
    The sentence expresses an Imperative Mood and is in Simple Present Tense. (Active)

    Correct Option: B

    The war must be ended now. (Passive)
    The sentence expresses an Imperative Mood and is in Simple Present Tense. (Active)

  1. A selfish person foists all his problems on unfortunate friends.








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    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.

    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.

  1. When he left school, the textbooks were put aside by him and were never reopened.








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    He put aside his textbooks when he left school and never reopened them. (Active)
    The sentence is a Complex Sentence and in Simple
    Past Tense. (Passive)

    Correct Option: B

    He put aside his textbooks when he left school and never reopened them. (Active)
    The sentence is a Complex Sentence and in Simple
    Past Tense. (Passive)

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. The Greeks expected to win the international trophy.








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    It was expected by the Greeks that they would win the international trophy. (Passive)
    The sentence is in Simple Past Tense. (Active)
    ‘The international trophy was expected to be won by the Greeks’ is incorrect.
    Double Passives should not be used, because they give a wrong meaning.

    Correct Option: D

    It was expected by the Greeks that they would win the international trophy. (Passive)
    The sentence is in Simple Past Tense. (Active)
    ‘The international trophy was expected to be won by the Greeks’ is incorrect.
    Double Passives should not be used, because they give a wrong meaning.