Solution Active Passive Voice Practice Set 7 solved in ENGLISH
ACTIVE PASSIVE PRACTICE SET 7 SOLVED IN HINDI & ENGLISH (with options)
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1. You should be working.
Answer: A
Option ‘A’ (You are supposed to be working.). SUPPOSE in the passive if followed by the present infinitive of (TO + V1), may convey an idea of duty; or convey an expectation/belief about something. And is not therefore the normal equivalent of SUPPOSE in the active.
a) It is your duty to know how to drive. OR You should know how to drive.
b) People suppose you know how to drive.
2. The traitors should be shot dead.
Answer: C
3. I was stuck in the traffic.
Answer: D
Explanation: Option ‘D’ (The traffic stuck me.). Option ‘A’ is incorrect as the 3rd form of STICK is STUCK, not STUCKED.
4. She let me go.
Answer: C
Explanation: Option ‘C’ (I was allowed to go by her.). Option ‘B’ is incorrect as the verb LET is not used in the passive form.
5. Quinine tastes bitter.
Answer: A
Explanation:
Option ‘A’ (Quinine is bitter when it is tasted.). You can categorise verbs in two ways, one that have active meaning, means the subject is in action, like in the sentence The peon opened the gate. In this sentence the subject of the sentence PEON himself opens the gate, so you can say the verb OPEN here has active meaning. But in the sentence ‘The surface feels smooth.’, the subject THE SURFACE is not FEELING anything, such verbs are said to have passive meaning. The passive voice of such verbs is formed like this:
a) The rose smells sweet.
=The rose is sweet when it is smelt.
b) At least the play reads well.
= At least the play affects the readers well when it is read.
c) This book reads easily.
= This book can be read easily.
d) The house is building.
= The house is being built.
6. They are building a house next door to our school.
Answer: B
Explanation: Option ‘B’ (A house is being built by them next door to our school.). The object of the verb in the given sentence is ‘A house’, not ‘A house next door.
7. Will the lesson have been taught by the teacher?
Answer: A
Explanation: Option ‘A’ (Will the teacher have taught the lesson.). WILL and SHALL follow HAVE; not HAS.
8. I was shocked by the letter.
Answer: C
9. The Prime Minister and his team hope to fight corruption with Jan Lokpal Bill.
Answer: A
Explanation:
Option ‘A’ (It is hoped by the Prime Minister and his team that they would fight the corruption with Jan Lokpal Bill.). When verbs such as HOPE, EXPECT, etc. follow an INFINITIVE + OBJECT or a THAT-CLAUSE in the active voice, we can change the active into the passive in the following ways:
CASE-I: When the verb is followed by an INFINITIVE + OBJECT
It + Passive verb + That + Pronoun of the given subject + Would + V1
OR
Object of the infinitive + Passive verb + Passive form of the infinitive + By phrase
CASE-II: When the verb is followed by a THAT-CLAUSE
It + Passive verb + THAT-CLAUSE as it is
OR
Subject of THAT-CLAUSE + Passive verb of the MAIN-CLAUSE + Infinitive form of the verb of THAT-CLAUSE + Given object/adjective
EXAMPLE
Pakistan expect to win the match.
= It is expected by Pakistan that they would win the match.
= The match is expected to be won by Pakistan.
So, other possible passive conversion of the given sentence: Corruption is hoped to be fought by the Prime Minister and his team with Jan Lokpal Bill.
10. Did anyone ever make it clear how one operates the machines?
Answer: C
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