Voice Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Transform the given sentence as directed choosing the best option. Someone seems to have made a terrible mistake.
(Change to passive)
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633ed63bda15932e53e3d3e2(Change to passive)
- 1A terrible mistake seems to have been made.true
- 2It seems a terrible mistake been made.false
- 3A terrible mistake seem to have made.false
- 4A Terrible mistake have been seen to have made.false
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Answer : 1. "A terrible mistake seems to have been made."
Q: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
All his friends laughed at him.
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6480384662f8ada0354fb0a8All his friends laughed at him.
- 1He became laughable to his friends.false
- 2He was laughed at by all his friends.true
- 3His friends were being laughed at by him.false
- 4All his friends were laughing at him.false
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Answer : 2. "He was laughed at by all his friends."
Explanation :
The given sentence is in Active Voice. As per the given question we have to change it into Passive Voice.
The structure of the given sentence as follows:
Subject + V2+ Object. (Active Voice)
Subject (objective case)+ was/were + V3 + Object (subjective case). (Passive Voice)
Example:
Their cousin showed them some rare photographs. (Active Voice)
They were shown some rare photographs by their cousin. (Passive Voice).
The subject of the given sentence is 'All his friends'.
The object of the given sentence is 'him'.
The subject will be put in place of the object and the object will be put in place of the subject.
And 'laughed' will be changed into 'was laughed'. Lastly, the 'by' preposition will be added.
Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we find that the correct answer is Option 2.
Q:Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
She gifted me a beautiful handbag.
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64871254a33e0f47b783bc64- 1I am gifted a beautiful handbag by her.false
- 2I am gifted a beautiful handbag by her.false
- 3I was gifted a beautiful handbag by her.true
- 4I have been gifted a beautiful handbag by her.false
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Answer : 3. "I was gifted a beautiful handbag by her."
Q:Directions: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive /Active Voice.
Robin would draw a picture in the competition.
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6308b1c9e748b351c5e23cd4- 1In the competition Robin would have to draw a picture.false
- 2A picture in the competition would have been drawn by Robin.false
- 3In the competition Robin would be drawn a picture.false
- 4A picture would be drawn by Robin in the competition.true
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Answer : 4. "A picture would be drawn by Robin in the competition. "
Q: Manthan is watering the plants.
(Change into passive voice)
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633ecf87cec87456387fcee0(Change into passive voice)
- 1The plants are watered by Manthan.false
- 2Manthan is being watered by the plants.false
- 3The plants are being watered by Manthan.true
- 4None of the above.false
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Answer : 3. "The plants are being watered by Manthan. "
Q: Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
The audience was surprised by the ending of the play.
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64c3ada9a919c8488e139173- 1The ending of the play was surprising for the audience.false
- 2The ending of the play surprised the audience.false
- 3The ending of the play has surprised the audience.true
- 4The audience surprised the ending of the playfalse
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Answer : 3. "The ending of the play has surprised the audience."
Explanation :
Detailed Solution
The correct answer is- The ending of the play surprised the audience.
Additional Information
The given sentence is in a passive voice form, hence we need to convert it into an active voice form.
Find the subject (The audience) and object (the ending of the play) of the sentence and exchange their places.
The given sentence is in the simple past tense.
The active verb form for simple past is: Subject + past participle form of the verb + Object.
So, 'was surprised' changes to 'surprised'. At last line up the remaining part.
Following these steps, we finally get- The ending of the play surprised the audience.
Q: Choose the correct Passive Voice, transformation of the given sentence.
They will inform the police.
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633eda661bfb042f969cb86eThey will inform the police.
- 1The Police will inform them.false
- 2The police will inform by them.false
- 3The police will be informed by them.true
- 4The police will have informed by them.false
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Answer : 3. "The police will be informed by them. "
Q:Direction: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive voice.
This letter was written by Mr. Kumar.
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632c71091656651c9ea47414- 1Mr. Kumar had written this letterfalse
- 2Mr. Kumar writes this letterfalse
- 3Mr. Kumar has written this letterfalse
- 4Mr. Kumar wrote this lettertrue
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