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  • Question 1
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    Change the following sentence into passive voice:
    Have they built a house?
    Solution
    In the given sentence, which is in active voice: The word, 'they' is the subject and 'a house' is the object. The main verb is 'built' in present perfect tense. 
    The object of the verb in the active voice becomes the subject in the passive voice. i.e. The words, 'a house' becomes the subject in the passive voice. The past participle form of the main verb (built) is to be used. As the sentence is in present perfect tense and the subject is singular, the auxiliary verb 'has been' is to be used in the passive voice.
    Option A: As the subject, 'a house' is a singular noun, the auxiliary 'has been' is to be used and not 'have been'. Hence, this option is incorrect.
    Option B: Here, the word 'a house' is the singular subject, with which, the auxiliary 'has been' is used. The past participle form of the verb (built) is used. Hence, this option is correct. 
    Option C: The auxiliary 'has' is used along with the word, 'been' for present perfect tense. It cannot be used along with the word, 'being' (which is used in present/ past continuous tense). Hence, this is incorrect.
    Option D is incorrect as the auxiliary 'have' cannot be used with singular subject, 'a house'. 
  • Question 2
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    Change the following sentence into passive voice:
    The children were listening to the song carefully. [Intermediate]
    Solution
    In the given sentence, which is in active voice: 'The children' is the subject and 'the song' is the object. The main verb is 'were listening' in past continuous tense.
    The object of the verb in the active voice becomes the subject in the passive voice. i.e. The words, 'the song' becomes the singular subject in the passive voice. As the sentence is in past continuous tense, the auxiliary verb 'was being' is to be used along in the passive voice. The past participle form of the main verb (listened) is to be used. As the sentence in active voice has the preposition, 'to' following the verb, the verb in the passive voice should also be followed by the same preposition. 
    Option A is incorrect as the continuous form of the verb i.e 'listening' should not be used in the passive voice. The past participle form of the verb i.e 'listened' has to be used. 
    Option B: Here, the correct form of the verb i.e 'was being listened' is used. However, the verb has to be followed by the preposition 'to', which is missing. Hence, this option is incorrect. 
    Option C: Here, the words 'The song' is the subject. The auxiliary 'was being' is used along with the singular subject. The past participle form of the verb (listened) is used along with the preposition, 'to'. Hence, this option is correct. 
    Option D is incorrect as option C is the correct answer. 
  • Question 3
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    Fill in the blank with the correct passive verb:
    Peehu ______ rewarded by the principal in the assembly tomorrow.
    Solution
    The word, 'tomorrow' tells us that the sentence is in the future tense. The future tense forms of the verb in passive voice are: will be/ shall be/ may be/ can be/ must be followed by 'rewarded'.
    Both the options A and B i.e 'shall be' and 'will be' are in passive voice and future tense. The modal 'will' is to be used when the subject is in the second and third person. The modal 'shall' is used only when the subject is in the first person. The subject 'Peehu' is in the third person. Hence, option A is incorrect and option D is correct. 
    Options B and C are incorrect as "has been" and "was" are not in passive voice. 
  • Question 4
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    Change the following sentence into passive voice:
    Who broke this window?
    Solution
    The main verb in the given sentence is 'broke' in simple past tense. In passive voice, the past participle form of the main verb (broken) is used and the auxiliary 'was'/ 'were' is used in addition to the main verb. 
    Option A is correct as it uses the auxiliary 'was' and the past participle form 'broken'. 
    Option B is incorrect as the auxiliary 'was' has to immediately follow the subject (By whom). 
    Option C: The word 'was' suggests that the sentence is in simple past tense. The word, 'been' suggests that the sentence is in past perfect tense. However, use of both these words in the same sentence is grammatically incorrect. Further, the word 'been' is used without the auxiliary 'had'. Hence, this sentence is grammatically incorrect.
    Option D is correct as the auxiliary 'was' is missing. 

  • Question 5
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    Choose the correct option to complete the sentence in indirect speech:
    Alice said, "Dennis is sleeping now."
    Alice said that Dennis _____ then. [Intermediate]
    Solution
    While changing a speech from direct to indirect, the speech goes one tense back. This is because the person is now narrating an action that happened in the past. Also, adverbs that express time will also change to its past counterpart.
    For the given sentence, the verb phrase 'is sleeping' will be changed to its past tense counterpart 'was sleeping' and the adverb 'now' will change to 'then'.
    Hence option D is correct.
    Options A and C: 'Is being slept' and 'was being slept' are grammatically incorrect. 'To sleep' is an action that can only be conjugated in the active voice. (Unless you're using the form 'was made to sleep')
    Option B: 'Is sleeping' is the same tense form, whereas the tense of the verb must change to past in the indirect speech.
  • Question 6
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    Choose the most appropriate indirect narration of the given sentence: 
    Sabu said to Chaudhary, "Does your brain work like a computer?" 
    Solution
    When a sentence is changed from direct to indirect speech, the subject pronoun, verbs and tense forms also change. (This is because the speech is reported by someone else, and the tense of the direct speech goes one tense back as it's spoken at a later time now.) The meaning of the sentence should not be changed.
    An interrogative sentence, when changed to reported speech, does not function as an interrogative anymore. It turns into a declarative sentence.
    So, the word order of an interrogative changes to that of an assertive/declaratory sentence.
    Option B: This sentence is the correct narration of the direct speech, as 'said to' has changed to 'asked' (to keep the meaning of the sentence intact). The question form 'does your' is changed to the declarative form 'if his brain': 'your' changes to 'his' because 'Chaudhary' is a third person. (Earlier, the name was in second person as the speech was directed towards the person.)
    'Work' is changed to 'worked', as the tense changes from simple present to simple past. Hence B is correct.
    Option A is incorrect because the possessive adjective 'your' has not been changed.
    Option C is incorrect because 'did worked' is grammatically incorrect, it's either 'did work' or 'worked'.
    Option D is incorrect because the question form 'did his' is not required in the reported speech.
    'If' is added in reported speech, as it refers to a conditional sentence. It isn't required in direct speech as the meaning is made clear by 'does'.
  • Question 7
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    Choose the most appropriate indirect narration of the given sentence : 
    Rahul said, "Where will I go now?" 
    Solution
    When a sentence is changed from direct to indirect speech, the subject pronoun, verbs and tense forms also change. (This is because the speech is reported by someone else, and the tense of the direct speech goes one tense back as it's spoken at a later time now.) The meaning of the sentence should not be changed.
    An interrogative sentence, when changed to reported speech, does not function as an interrogative anymore. It turns into a declarative sentence.
    So, the word order of an interrogative changes to that of an assertive/declaratory sentence.
    Option C: This sentence is the correct narration of the direct speech, as 'said' has changed to 'asked', to keep the meaning of the sentence intact. The question form 'will he' is changed to the declarative form 'he would'. 'Would' is the past tense form of 'will' in reported speech. Hence C is correct.
    Option A is incorrect because the question form has not been changed; 'would he' must be changed to 'he would'.
    Option B is incorrect because the tense of the verb 'will' has not been changed here. (When the reporting verb 'said' is in past tense, and the direct speech is in future tense, 'will' changes to 'would'.)
    Option D is incorrect because the answer lies in C.
  • Question 8
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    Choose the correct option to complete the sentence in indirect speech:
    Donald said to Micky, "I visited the Golden Mountain yesterday."
    Donald told Micky that ______ the Golden Mountain the previous day.
    Solution

    The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech).In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.

    When we turn direct questions and exclamations into indirect speech, they are converted to affirmative statement .( ? and ! is not used).

    Option A is correct as the given directspeech is in the simple past tense and so past perfect tense is used in the indirect speech and  I is changed to he.

     The other options are wrong ashad is missing, would, and I can't be used.

    The correct answer is A)He had visited

  • Question 9
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    Choose the most appropriate indirect narrations of the given sentence : 
    Alisha said, "I liked the dessert in the party." 
    Solution
    When a sentence is changed from direct to indirect speech, the subject pronoun, verbs and tense forms also change. (This is because the speech is reported by someone else, and the tense of the direct speech goes one tense back as it's spoken at a later time now.) The meaning of the sentence should not differ.
    Option A: This sentence is the correct narration of the direct speech, as 'I liked' is changed to 'she had liked' as the tense changes from simple past to past perfect. Hence A is correct.
    Option B is incorrect because the simple past tense verb 'liked' has not been changed to past perfect 'had liked'.
    Option C is incorrect because the reporting verb has changed (from 'said' to 'told') without reason.
    Also, 'told' does not mean the same as 'said'. The former means 'you're telling something to someone' whereas the latter means that 'to use your voice to express something'.
    Option D is incorrect because the reported speech in option C is incorrect. The reporting verb has changed.
    (When the direct speech is in simple past tense, the reported speech will change one tense back, past perfect tense (past of the past). This applies to most other tenses.)
  • Question 10
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    Choose the most suitable passive voice conversion of the given sentence:
    Show the papers. 
    Solution
    A sentence is in active voice when the subject is the doer of the action.
    A sentence is in passive voice when the new subject (object in active voice) is the receiver of that action.
    The object in the active voice now takes the place of the subject, and vice versa. (subject + verb + object, where the subject and object swap places)
    The given sentence is an imperative sentence (order or command). Hence in such sentences, the subject is merely implied.
    The general structure of an imperative sentence in passive voice is:
    let + object + be + participle.
    Option C: The sentence follows the same structure
    let + object (the papers) + be + past participle (shown)
    Hence option C is correct.
    Option A: This sentence does not follow the general structure. The object 'the papers' must precede the passive verb 'be shown'.
    Option B: This sentence does not have a complete meaning.
    Option D: The given sentence is an order and not a suggestion (It is suggested).
    Hence options A, B and D are incorrect.
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