Transformation of Sentences Test 3

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Question 1
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Change the voice:
The police have arrested the smugglers.

A
The smugglers are arrested by the police.

B
The smugglers has arrested by the police.

C
The smugglers have been arrested by the police.

D
The smugglers are being arrested by the police.

Solution

An action in a sentence can be represented in two ways, namely active and passive voice.
The passive voice always uses the past participle form of the main verb irrespective of any tense. Only the auxiliary verbs depend upon the sentence given in the active voice.
The correct answer is C)The smugglers have been arrested by the police.
The option C is correct as the given sentence is in the active voice and to transform it into the passive voice, the subject of the given sentence(the police) comes in the place of the object(the smugglers) and vice versa. Also, as the sentence is in the present perfect tense, 'been' is added after 'have'.
Options A, B, and D are wrong as 'are', 'has', and 'are being' cannot be used respectively because the given sentence when transformed, should only take 'have +been' as the given sentence is in the present perfect tense.
Question 2
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You: Can you give me your car for a few days?
Charlie: My car was stolen a few weeks ago.

This is the conversation between Charlie and You yesterday.
Later that day you tell another friend about what Charlie said.
Use reported Speech: [Advanced]

A
He said that his car had been stolen a few weeks ago.

B
He said that his car was stolen a few weeks ago.

C
He said that my car was stolen a few weeks ago,

D
He said that his car has been stolen a few weeks ago.

Solution

When we're reporting a speech, we're narrating things that happened or were said in the past. So, the speech will go one tense back.
In reported speech, we add a reporting verb (usually 'said'), the subject changes in narration ('he', 'she' or 'they') and the related words also change.
Option A: For the reported speech, 'my' changes to 'his', as the point of view has changed. 'Was stolen' is in the simple past tense, it changes to 'had been stolen', the past perfect tense.
So, the corrected reported speech for the sentence "My car was stolen a few weeks ago." is:
'He said that his car had been stolen a few weeks ago.'
Hence option A is correct.
Option B: 'Was stolen' hasn't been changed to past perfect tense 'had been stolen'.
Option C: The point of view 'my' hasn't been changed here.
Option D: 'Was stolen' is in simple past tense that needs to be changed to past perfect tense. Instead, it has been changed to present perfect tense 'has been stolen'. As a result, the meaning formed is incomplete.
Hence these options B, C and D are incorrect.
Question 3
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Rewrite the following as reported speech:

'Why don't you visit the museum after lunch?' I said to them.

A
I told them why don't you visit the museum after lunch.

B
I asked them why they didn't visit the museum after lunch.

C
I asked them why don't you visit the museum after lunch.

D
I said to them why they didn't visited the museum after lunch.

Solution

Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words.
The given example is an example of Interrogative Questions. Indirect speech is formed by using 'ask' + question word + clause.
The clause will have the question, in normal word order and with the necessary tense change. In this case, the simple present tense is given in clause. It would be changed to simple past tense.
Indirect speech would be - I asked them why they didn't visit the museum after lunch.
Thus, option B is the correct answer according to the rules.
Question 4
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Convert the given direct speech into indirect:

Tom said, "Margaret was the best player of this school".

A
Tom said that Margaret was the best player of this school.

B
Tom said that Margaret is the best player of that school.

C
Tom said that Margaret was the best player of that school.

D
Tom said that Margaret had been the best player of that school.

Solution

Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words.
The given sentence is an example of simple past tense which changes to past perfect tense in indirect speech. 'This' changes to 'that' in indirect speech.
Indirect speech would be - Tom said that Margaret had been the best player of that school.
Thus, option D is the correct answer according to the rules.
Question 5
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You: Have you seen Helen recently and how is she?
Charlie: I saw Helen at a party in June and she seemed fine.

This is the conversation between Charlie and You yesterday.
Later that day you tell another friend about what Charlie said.
Use reported Speech:

A
He said that he had seen Helen at a party in June and she had seemed fine.

B
He said that he saw Helen at a party in June and she seemed fine.

C
He said that he has seen Helen at a party in June and she has seemed fine.

D
He said that he saw Helen at a party in June and she was seeming fine.

Solution

Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words.
The given sentence is an example of simple past tense which changes to past perfect tense in indirect speech.
Indirect speech would be - He said that he had seen Helen at a party in June and she had seemed fine.
Thus, option A is the correct answer according to the rules.
Question 6
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Convert direct speech into indirect speech.
I had difficulty understanding him, so I said to him, "Please repeat what you said."

A
I asked him to repeat what he said.

B
I told him to please repeat what he said.

C
I requested him to repeat what he said.

D
I told him that please repeat what you said.

Solution

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 C is correct as the sentence in the inverted commas is in the simple present tense and the appropriate introductory verb 'requested' is used with the appropriate preposition 'to'.
Options A,B, and D are wrong as 'asked', 'please' and 'you' cannot be used respectively.
The correct answer is C)I requested him to repeat what he said.
Question 7
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Convert the sentence to indirect speech:
Mary said, "I am learning to drive the car that my dad has given me recently". [Advanced]

A
Mary said that I am learning to drive the car that my dad has given me recently.

B
Mary said that she was learning to drive the car that my dad has given me recently.

C
Mary said that she was learning to drive the car that her dad had given her recently.

D
Mary said that she is learning to drove the car that her dad had given her recently.

Solution

When we're reporting a speech, we're narrating things that happened or were said in the past. So, the speech will go one tense back.
In reported speech, we add a reporting verb (usually 'said'), the subject changes in narration ('he', 'she' or 'they') and the related words also change.
Option C: For the reported speech, 'I' changes to 'she', as the point of view has changed. 'Am learning' is in the present continuous, and it changes to 'was learning', the past continuous. 'Has given' is in present perfect tense that changes to 'had given', past perfect.
So, the corrected reported speech for the sentence "I am learning to drive the car that my dad has given me recently" is:
'Mary said that she was learning to drive the car that her dad had given her recently.'
Hence option C is correct.
Option A: 'I' hasn't been changed to indirect speech, and even the verb forms 'am learning' and 'has given' haven't been changed to past tense.
Option B: The pronoun 'my' is 'my dad' hasn't been changed here.
Option D: 'Is' is a present tense verb that needs to be changed to past. Also, the verb 'drive' will not be changed to 'drove' since the verb form 'to drive' is an infinitive and does not express any tense. As a result, the meaning formed is incomplete.
Hence these options A, B and D are incorrect.
Question 8
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Write a sentence (beginning in the way shown) that means the same as the first sentence.

'Pay the rent by Friday without fail,' the landlord said to us.
The landlord ordered us _________.

A
to pay the rent by Friday without fail.

B
that we should pay the rent by Friday without fail.

C
that we can pay the rent by Friday without fail.

D
that pay the rent by Friday without fail.

Solution

Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words.
In case of order, the pattern for converting direct speech to reported speech is verb + indirect object + to-clause.
The indirect object is the person spoken to. Verbs in case of order can be command, order, warn.
Thus, the sentence would be - The landlord ordered us to pay the rent by Friday without fail.
Hence, option A is the correct answer.
Question 9
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Rewrite the following in passive voice, without using 'somebody/they/people' etc.:
Somebody accused me of stealing money.

A
I am accused of stealing money.

B
Stealing money somebody accused me.

C
I was accused of stealing money.

D
I am accuse of stealing money.

Solution

The given sentence is in active voice as the subject 'Somebody' performs an action 'accused' against the object 'me'.
To change to passive voice, the object takes the place of the subject and vice versa and the verb form of the sentence is also changed from active form to passive.

'Subject (Somebody) + verb (accused) + object (me) + prepositional phrase (of stealing money)' changes to:
'New subject (I) + verb (was accused) + prepositional phrase (of stealing money)'

This can be seen in option C, hence it's the right answer.
The pronoun 'somebody' is indefinite; it does not refer to a particular person. Hence in passive voice it can be omitted and instead implied.

Option A: The verb form 'am accused' expresses the simple present tense whereas the sentence is in simple past tense.
Option B: The clause 'somebody accused me' is still in active voice and by changing the position of 'stealing money', the sentence is left incomplete.
Option D: The verb form 'am accuse' is grammatically incorrect as 'accuse' is a base verb and must be conjugated according to the required tense form.
Hence options A, B and D are incorrect.
Question 10
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Change the following into reported speech:

'Why don't you go away for a few days?' Jack said to me.

A
Jack asked me to go away for a few weeks.

B
Jack asked me why don't I go away for a few weeks.

C
Jack asked me why I didn't go away for a few weeks.

D
Jack told me why I didn't go away for a few weeks.

Solution

Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words.
The given example is an example of Interrogative Questions. Indirect speech is formed by using 'ask' + question word + clause.
The clause will have the question, in normal word order and with the necessary tense change. In this case, the simple present tense is given in clause. It would be changed to simple past tense.
Indirect speech would be - Jack asked me why I didn't go away for a few weeks,
Thus, option C is the correct answer according to the rules.

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Question 1

The smugglers are arrested by the police.

The smugglers has arrested by the police.

The smugglers have been arrested by the police.

The smugglers are being arrested by the police.

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Question 2

He said that his car had been stolen a few weeks ago.

He said that his car was stolen a few weeks ago.

He said that my car was stolen a few weeks ago,

He said that his car has been stolen a few weeks ago.

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Question 3

I told them why don't you visit the museum after lunch.

I asked them why they didn't visit the museum after lunch.

I asked them why don't you visit the museum after lunch.

I said to them why they didn't visited the museum after lunch.

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Question 4

Tom said that Margaret was the best player of this school.

Tom said that Margaret is the best player of that school.

Tom said that Margaret was the best player of that school.

Tom said that Margaret had been the best player of that school.

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Question 5

He said that he had seen Helen at a party in June and she had seemed fine.

He said that he saw Helen at a party in June and she seemed fine.

He said that he has seen Helen at a party in June and she has seemed fine.

He said that he saw Helen at a party in June and she was seeming fine.

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Question 6

I asked him to repeat what he said.

I told him to please repeat what he said.

I requested him to repeat what he said.

I told him that please repeat what you said.

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Question 7

Mary said that I am learning to drive the car that my dad has given me recently.

Mary said that she was learning to drive the car that my dad has given me recently.

Mary said that she was learning to drive the car that her dad had given her recently.

Mary said that she is learning to drove the car that her dad had given her recently.

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Question 8

to pay the rent by Friday without fail.

that we should pay the rent by Friday without fail.

that we can pay the rent by Friday without fail.

that pay the rent by Friday without fail.

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Question 9

I am accused of stealing money.

Stealing money somebody accused me.

I was accused of stealing money.

I am accuse of stealing money.

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Question 10

Jack asked me to go away for a few weeks.

Jack asked me why don't I go away for a few weeks.

Jack asked me why I didn't go away for a few weeks.

Jack told me why I didn't go away for a few weeks.

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