Transformation of Sentences Test 15

The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported).

In the direct speech, the exact words of the original speaker are repeated.

In the indirect speech (reported speech), the exact meaning of what the speaker told is expressed but not necessarily in the speaker’s exact words.

Option A is correct as the direct speech is in the present perfect tense and used 'would be' is used.

Options B, C, and D are wrong as 'liked it', 'has liked it', and 'has been liked it' cannot be used respectively.

The correct answer is A)The government has announced that taxes would be raised.

This is an easy sentence with key indicators such as 'should not' mentioned in the active sentence. So, the most obvious and correct answer is option B) The rules should not be broken.

A sentence is in active voice when the subject performs the action.
A sentence is in passive voice when the subject receives the action.
While converting a sentence from active to passive, the subject becomes the object and vice versa. When the active voice is in simple present form, passive voice takes the simple past form.
Subject + verb + object (active voice)

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The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported).

In the direct speech, the exact words of the original speaker are repeated.

In the indirect speech (reported speech), the exact meaning of what the speaker told is expressed but not necessarily in the speaker’s exact words.

Option B is correct as the appropriate introductory verb \'could\' is used and the given direct speech is in the simple present tense. Therefore the sentence gets converted into simple past tense.

Option A is not in past tense, in option C third person form is not used, in option D appropriate conjunction \'if\' is missing. Therefore A,C, D are incorrect.

Option B is the correct answer.

Hence options A, C and D are incorrect.

This is a statement of past tense with phrasal verb 'broke into' and a vague subject 'somebody', it is changed as follows; the object 'our bungalow is changed to the subject, the verb 'broke into' is changed to 'was broken into' and the vague subject 'somebody' is omitted as it is understood. So the correct answer is 'Last Friday our bungalow was broken into.'

A sentence is in active voice when the subject performs the action.
A sentence is in passive voice when the subject receives the action.
While converting a sentence from active to passive, the subject becomes the object and vice versa.
Subject + verb + object (active voice)
Subject (The sack) + verb phrase (is put) + by + object (her) (passive voice)
In the given sentence, 'puts' (simple present) changes its form to 'is put' (simple present, passive).
This can be seen in option C: The sack is put on the floor by her.
Hence C is correct.
Option A is incorrect because the tense of the sentence has changed to past 'was'.
Option B is incorrect because the verb has been changed to plural. As the subject 'sack' is singular, the verb must agree with the subject, and be singular.
Option D is incorrect for the same reasons, 'were' is in past tense and indicates that the subject is plural.

From the passage, we know that the action performed with instant coffee and sugar is 'taking'. Since we need to convert the active voice to passive, we must consider the rules for tense change. In this sentence, the tense of the verb 'take' is simple present. To change it to passive voice, we must change it to its past participle form 'is taken'. Therefore, the most appropriate answer is B) is taken. Option A) taken is also simple past tense but because it does not have 'is' preceding it, it is incorrect here. Option C) would have been taking is incorrect because it is in present perfect continuous conditional tense but there is no 'if' at the start of the sentence.