In the questions below the sentences have been given in Active/Passive voice. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Passive/Active voice.
A stone struck me on the head.
Answer: C
Correct answer: I was struck on the head by a stone
The object me becomes the subject and a stone the agent. On the head tells where I was struck, so it stays with the verb; putting by a stone before it separates the verb from the place it acted on. Making my head the subject changes what was struck.
Please log in or register to report this question.
The clown was being laughed at by them.
Answer: B
Correct answer: They were laughing at the clown.
Laugh at is a prepositional verb, so in the active the preposition returns to its normal place before the object. The past continuous was being laughed at becomes were laughing; the plain past option changes the aspect.
Please log in or register to report this question.
Sugana was writing a letter to her father.
Answer: B
Correct answer: A letter was being written by Sugana to her father.
The past continuous was writing becomes was being written. The plain past and present perfect options make the writing complete, which the original does not.
Please log in or register to report this question.
One should keep one’s promise.
Answer: A
Correct answer: A promise should be kept
The indefinite subject one disappears in the passive, and one's promise becomes simply a promise. Keeping one's leaves a possessive with nobody to own it, and by us introduces an agent the original never names.
Please log in or register to report this question.
You must look into this matter.
Answer: D
Correct answer: This matter should be looked into by you
Look into is a prepositional verb, so into stays with the participle. Must becomes should in the passive of an obligation, and the options with has been and may change an obligation into a completed act or a permission.
Please log in or register to report this question.
Who teaches you English?
Answer: A
Correct answer: By whom are you taught English?
The tense stays present simple, so the passive is are taught; the interrogative subject who becomes by whom; and the question order puts the auxiliary first. Teach has two objects, and it is the person that becomes the subject.
Please log in or register to report this question.
It is time to ring the bell.
Answer: A
Correct answer: It is time for the bell to be rung
It is time to ring the bell has an active infinitive; its passive counterpart is for the bell to be rung, which introduces the thing acted on with for. For the bell to ring is active again, and to be ring uses the base form where the participle belongs.
Please log in or register to report this question.
Rain disrupted the last day's play between India and Sri Lanka.
Answer: A
Correct answer: The last day’s play between India and Sri Lanka was disrupted by rain.
The subject of the passive is the last day's play, which is singular, so the verb is was disrupted. The option with were agrees with the two countries instead of with the play.
Please log in or register to report this question.
A lion may be helped even by a little mouse.
Answer: C
Correct answer: Even a little mouse may help a lion
Turning the passive active makes the agent the subject: a little mouse may help a lion. Even qualifies a little mouse, so it stays in front of it; moving it before help makes it qualify the helping instead. Can and ought to change the modal.
Please log in or register to report this question.
He teaches us Grammar.
Answer: A
The sentence is in the present tense, the conversion needs to be in the same. All the options other than option (b) are either in the past tense or the future. Even if the rules of conversion are being followed in them, they are still wrong as they dilute the meaning of the sentence
Please log in or register to report this question.
