Transformation of Sentences Questions and Answers

Answer: D

Correct answer: Good marks were seldom obtained by those who worked hard

The active verb is obtained - past simple. The passive of a past simple is was/were + past participle, so obtained becomes were obtained, agreeing with the new subject good marks (plural).

The object good marks moves to the front, the subject those who worked hard follows by, and the adverb seldom keeps its place before the main verb. The other options shift the tense to are, to the continuous, or to an inverted seldom had… construction that changes the meaning.

Answer: D

The comparative or superlative degree of wind is not wound. So, all the options that have it can be rejected straight out. Option (b) is an absurd sentence doesn’t give us any meaning’ so, it is also eliminated.

Answer: B

The sentence is in present continuous form. So being will be included in the conversion. This leaves us with two options to ponder on. As the action in the sentence is being continued, the sentence will have to use is rather than was. So, option (b) would be the correct option.

Answer: C

An indefinite or vague pronoun (such as they, we) which is used in the active voice is avoided in passive. There is no need to put the agent with by till the time it doesn’t alter the sense of the sentence. Not being a past continuous sentence, being cannot be used. Also, from past tense the sentence cannot be changed to future as that will change the meaning. Keeping these conditions in mind, the most appropriate choice would be option (c)

Answer: D

Instead of the past participle forms of the verb ‘say’, option (a) and option (b) use different verbs altogether. Hence, they change the meaning of the sentence. So, we reject them. In option (c), the verb form is wrong and the sentence structure is also inaccurate

Answer: B

Correct answer: Let me not be laughed at.

An imperative is made passive with let + object + be + past participle. Laugh at is a prepositional verb, so the preposition stays attached to the participle: be laughed at.

The negative belongs to the whole command, so not goes before be, giving Let me not be laughed at. Placing it after (let me be not…) is not English, and dropping the trailing at leaves the preposition stranded with nothing to govern.

Answer: A

The sentence provided is in passive form. We need to convert it in active voice. Option (d) and (c) are wrong as they include new information ‘worn out’ which is not present in the original sentence. Option (b) is also incorrect as it also introduces a new phrase ‘not possible’. Also, it is only option (a) that is in active form and no other.

Answer: A

Simple present ‘does not eat’ needs to become ‘not eaten’ for the conversion into passive form. So, option (b) and option (d) are rejected as they use ‘being’ which is generally used with present or past continuous forms. Out of option (a) and option (c), the latter is rejected as it does not conform to proper sentence formation rules

Answer: B

Option (a) and Option (c) are totally out of question as it drastically changes the meaning of the sentence. The sentence being in present continuous form, it needs its verb to be converted into the ‘being’ form for the right transformation (i.e. to passive voice). Hence, option (b) is correct

Answer: A

Correct answer: The money was added up and found to be correct

Two active verbs share the subject we, so both become passive and the agent by us can be dropped as unimportant.

• we added up the money → the money was added up
• found that it was correct → [was] found to be correct

The clause that it was correct is compressed to the infinitive to be correct, which is the normal pattern after a passive found.