Transformation of Sentences Questions and Answers

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.

Answer: B

Correct answer: He has been granted a scholarship by the Principal

Grant takes two objects - a person and a thing - so either can become the passive subject. English strongly prefers the person: he has been granted a scholarship.

The tense is present perfect, so the passive is has been + granted. He has granted a scholarship is still active and reverses who gives and who receives, and a scholarship has granted to him leaves out been altogether.

Answer: B

The present perfect form ‘have/haven’t + verb’ in active voice gets converted into ‘haven’t been + verb’ in passive voice. Also, 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. Keeping these conditions in mind, the most appropriate answer is option (b).

Answer: B

Correct answer: Two million deaths are caused annually by cigarette smoking in the industrial states

The active verb causes is a present simple stating a general fact, so the passive must stay present simple: are caused, plural to agree with two million deaths.

The three rejected options all shift the tense - to the present perfect continuous, the present continuous, or the present perfect - and each of those turns a standing statistic into something ongoing or recently completed.

Answer: C

We cannot make ‘me’ ‘us’ on our whims as it would alter the meaning of the sentence, so option (a) is out. The best choice that aptly reflects the conversion of the subject in the active voice to the object of the passive voice is option (b). The other two have trouble in their sentence arrangement and are also incomplete in the meaning when compared to the question sentence

Answer: A

"People speak English "can be transformed into Passive form thus - "English is spoken by the people" So, in Passive form , the sentence stands thus - "English is spoken by the people all over the world. In this type of sentence, we need not use "by the people". For example People call him Mahatma. (Active) He is called Mahatma. (Passive)