Transformation of Sentences Questions and Answers

Answer: B

Correct answer: My question has not been answered by anybody

The negative lives in the subject nobody, and when that subject moves into the by phrase the negation has to be carried by the verb instead: has not been answered… by anybody.

This is why nobody becomes anybody. Keeping somebody reverses the meaning entirely, and the remaining options quietly change the tense or drop the agent the question asks you to keep.

Answer: A

Sentences which express request, order, advice, suggestion, prohibition etc., are called imperative sentences. This seems like an order so it’ll be considered an imperative sentence. Its formation will be like ‘Let + object + be + past participle’. Only one option satisfies this, so option (a) is correct.

Answer: C

It is a simple present tense sentence because the first form of verb is given (active voice) to us. Its transformation to passive tone would be of the form ‘is / am / are + past participle form of the verb'. So, option (c) is correct.

Answer: B

Sentences which express request, order, advice, suggestion, prohibition etc., are called imperative sentences. This seems like a prohibition so it’ll be considered an imperative sentence. Its formation will be like ‘Let not+ object + be + past participle’. Only one option satisfies this, so option (a) is correct.

Answer: B

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. Also as this is past tense, the answer sentence should also be in past tense. Only option does both which is option (b)

Answer: A

Sentences which express request, order, advice, suggestion, prohibition etc., are called imperative sentences. This sentence shows respect so it is an imperative sentence. The structure of it is as follows: Let + object + be + past participle. So the only option that satisfies the above theory is option (a).

Answer: B

The places of subject and object in sentence are inter-changed in passive voice. Also, as the given sentence is an Interrogative sentence, in Passive form also, the sentence will be Interrogative. The two options that follow these are option (a) and option (b). However, because of proper sentence arrangement, option (a) would be chosen as the answer.

Answer: C

Correct answer: By what were you amused?

The subject of the active question is what, so in the passive it becomes the agent: by what. The object you becomes the subject.

The tense is past simple (amused), so the passive is were amused, and question order puts the auxiliary first: By what were you amused? The continuous and perfect options change when the amusement happened.

Answer: A

Option (b) and option (c) have a futile use of 2 ‘I’s in them. Only one is required. Thus, the sentences become grammatically incorrect and therefore rejected. Out of the remaining two, option (d) is out as it slightly diluts the meaning of the sentence.

Answer: B

Correct answer: He has brought us the news

The passive is has been brought - present perfect - so the active keeps that tense: has brought. Simply saying he brought loses the connection to the present that the perfect carries.

The agent by him becomes the subject he, and the two objects fall into their natural active order, person before thing: he has brought us the news.