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  • Question 1
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    Select the correct option to complete the sentence in indirect speech:
    Robin Hood said, "I want justice for the weak."
    Robin Hood said that ___________ justice for the weak.
    Solution
    As the given sentence is a dialogue in the simple present tense and not a universal fact, we will change it to simple past tense in the indirect speech.
    Option A - 'I wanted' is used to form the sentence in the simple past tense. Also, if 'I' is used in the direct speech, then we must use another pronoun according to the gender(male/female). Thus option A is incorrect.
    Option B - 'He wants' is used to form the sentence in the simple present tense. Hence, option B is incorrect.
    Option D - 'He would want' can't be used as 'would' is used to show possibilities and is used in past tense (past form of 'will'). However, the direct speech doesn't indicate any possibilities, hence, we can't use 'he would want' here. Hence, option D is incorrect.
    Option C - 'He wanted' is correct as we replace 'I' with a pronoun according to the gender of the person. As 'Robin Hood' is the name of a male, we can use 'he' here. Also, 'wanted' is used to form the sentence in the simple past tense. Thus option C is the correct answer.
    'Robin Hood said that he wanted justice for the weak.'
  • Question 2
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    From the below options, identify the sentence(s) which is/are not in the active voice:
    1) The police did not trust the suspect.
    2) The suspect was not trusted by the police. 
    3) The suspect was interrogated by the police.
    4) The suspect was followed by the police everywhere.
    Solution
    A sentence is in active or passive voice depending on whether its verb is in active or passive voice. A verb is in active voice when its form shows that the subject does something/ some action. A verb is in passive voice when something is done to the subject. 
    Let us look at each sentence. 
    In sentence 1), The subject is "The police" and the action word performed by the subject is "did not trust". This is in the active voice. 
    In sentence 2), The subject is "The suspect". The action performed on the subject is "was not trusted". The doer of the action is "the police". This is in the passive voice. 
    In sentence 3), The subject is "The suspect" and the action performed on the subject is "was interrogated". The doer of the action is "the police". This is in the passive voice.
    In sentence 4),  The subject is "The suspect". The action that was performed on the subject is "was followed". The doer of the action is "the police". Hence this sentence is in the passive voice. 
     
    Given the above, sentence, 2, 3 and 4 are in passive voice. Hence, option D is the correct answer and options A, B and C are incorrect. 
  • Question 3
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    Change the direct narration into indirect narration.
    Jyoti said, "I went to India to visit my family."
    Solution
    As the given sentence in the direct speech is in the simple past tense, we will change it to past perfect tense in the indirect speech.
    Option A - 'Jyoti said that she went to India to visit her family' is in the simple past tense. Thus option A is incorrect.
    Option C - 'Jyoti said that she is going to India to visit her family' is incorrect as 'is going' represents present continuous tense. Thus option C is incorrect.
    Option D - 'Jyoti said that she was going to India to visit her family' is incorrect as 'was going' is used to represent the sentence in the past continuous tense. Thus option D is incorrect.
    Option B - 'Jyoti said that she had gone to India to visit her family' can be used her has 'had gone' is used to represent the sentence in the past perfect tense. Thus option B is the correct answer.
    'Jyoti said that she had gone to India to visit her family.'
  • Question 4
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    Select the correct option to complete the sentence in indirect speech.
    Sachin said, "Has India won the World Cup?"
    Sachin asked if _________ the World Cup.
    Solution
    Indirect speech is used to report what someone has said. It is presented without inverted commas. 
    Present perfect changes to past perfect tense. The structure is: Subject + had + past participle form of the verb + object. 
    Thus, the sentence would become: Sachin asked if India had won the World Cup. 
    Hence, option B is the correct answer. 
  • Question 5
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    Change the following sentences into passive voice:
    Priya knows me well.
    Solution
    In the given sentence, which is in active voice: 'Priya' is the subject and 'I' is the object (the word, 'me' represents the word 'I' in objective case). 
    The object of the verb in the active voice (I) becomes the subject in the passive voice. The auxiliary verb 'am' is to be used immediately after the subject. The past participle form of the main verb (known) is used. 
    Option A is incorrect as the word 'me' is in the objective case. However, as explained above, 'I' is the subject in passive voice and has to be in nominative case. It cannot be in objective case. 
    Option B: Here, the object of the active voice (I) has become the subject. The auxiliary 'am'  immediately follows the subject (I). The past participle form of the verb (known) is used. Hence, this is correct. 
    Option C: Here, the object of the active voice (I) has become the subject. The auxiliary 'am'  immediately follows the subject (I).  The past participle form of the verb (known) is used.  However, when the verb 'known' is used along with two people, the phrase to be used is 'known to'. In such cases, the phrase 'known by' is incorrect. For example: 'I am known to Priya' is correct 'I am known by Priya' is incorrect. Hence, this option is incorrect.  
    Option D: This sentence is in active voice as the past participle form of the verb (known) is not used. 
  • Question 6
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    Directions For Questions

    [passage-header]Read the conversation and answer the question that follows:
    [/passage-header]Ghost: Ha, ha! I Have a glorious past of terrifying people.
    Mr. Otis: Mr.Ghost, why don't you oil your rusty chains? The clanking noise doesn't let me sleep.
    Mrs.Otis: Uf! How miserably you are belching! Take this tincture to cure your stomach ache.

    The ghost laughed furiously and said that ______[26]______. Mr.Otis asked the ghost ______[27]______? He further told him that ______[28]______. Mrs.Otis exclaimed with disgust and told the ghost that ______[29]______! She then advised him ______[30]______.

    ...view full instructions

    Fill in blank (28) with the correct indirect speech:
    Solution
    The direct speech (DS) to be converted is given after the colon mark (:). It is: "The clanking noise doesn't let me sleep." This is a sentence addressed by Mr.Otis to Mr.Ghost.  
    While converting to indirect speech (IDS), the verbs in DS are changed from simple present tense into simple past tense. Hence, the verb, 'does not' in DS is changed to 'did not/didn't in IDS. 
    The pronouns in the DS are changed to represent the relationship with the reporter and not the speaker. So, the pronoun 'me' (in objective case) in DS is changed to 'him' (in objective case) in IDS. The male pronoun ('him') is used because the person being referred (Mr.Otis) is a male. 
    The complete sentence in IDS is: 'Mr.Otis further told Mr.Ghost that the clanking noise didn't let him sleep'. Hence, option A is correct. 
    Option B: The word, 'me' in the original sentence in DS is in the objective case. When we change the pronoun in IDS, the pronoun has to continue to be in the objective case. The pronoun, 'he' used in this option is in the nominative case. This is incorrect. Further, the verb is not complete as the word, 'let' is missing.  
    Option C: In this option, the pronoun, 'me' has not been changed to 'him'. Hence, this is incorrect.
    Option D is incorrect as option A is correct.
  • Question 7
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    Directions For Questions

    [passage-header]Read the conversation and answer the question that follows:
    [/passage-header]Ghost: Ha, ha! I Have a glorious past of terrifying people.
    Mr. Otis: Mr.Ghost, why don't you oil your rusty chains? The clanking noise doesn't let me sleep.
    Mrs.Otis: Uf! How miserably you are belching! Take this tincture to cure your stomach ache.

    The ghost laughed furiously and said that ______[26]______. Mr.Otis asked the ghost ______[27]______? He further told him that ______[28]______. Mrs.Otis exclaimed with disgust and told the ghost that ______[29]______! She then advised him ______[30]______.

    ...view full instructions

    Fill in blank (30) with the correct indirect speech:
    Solution
    When we convert a direct speech which conveys a command, request or suggestion into indirect speech, we do two things:
    (a) The indirect speech is introduced by some verb expressing the command (Eg: commanded/instructed), request (Eg: requested/pleaded) or suggestion (Eg: advised/suggested). The given sentence with blank no.30 contains a suggestion. Hence, the verb, 'advised' is used. 
    (b) The imperative mood is changed to the infinitive (i.e 'to+present tense form of the verb'). The verb in the speech is: 'take'. Hence, the phrase, 'to take' has to be used. 
    In indirect speech, words which express nearness (Eg:this) is changed into words that express distance (Eg: that). In the given sentence, the phrase, 'this tincture' in the direct speech is changed into 'that tincture' in indirect speech. 

    The complete sentence in indirect speech is: 'She, then, advised him to take that tincture to cure his stomach ache'. Option B is correct as the sentence in indirect speech is correctly mentioned. 
    Option A is incorrect as the past tense form of the verb (took) is used instead of the present tense (take).
    Option C is incorrect as the phrase, 'this tincture' has not been changed. 
    Option D is incorrect as option B is the correct answer. 
  • Question 8
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    Directions For Questions

    [passage-header]Read the conversation and answer the question that follows:
    [/passage-header]Ghost: Ha, ha! I Have a glorious past of terrifying people.
    Mr. Otis: Mr.Ghost, why don't you oil your rusty chains? The clanking noise doesn't let me sleep.
    Mrs.Otis: Uf! How miserably you are belching! Take this tincture to cure your stomach ache.

    The ghost laughed furiously and said that ______[26]______. Mr.Otis asked the ghost ______[27]______? He further told him that ______[28]______. Mrs.Otis exclaimed with disgust and told the ghost that ______[29]______! She then advised him ______[30]______.

    ...view full instructions

    Fill in the blank (29) with indirect forms of speech : [Advanced]
    Solution
    The direct speech (DS) to be converted is given after the colon mark (:). It is: "How miserably you are belching!" This is a sentence addressed by Mrs.Otis to Mr.Ghost. While converting to indirect speech (IDS), the pronouns in the DS are changed to represent the relationship with the reporter and not the speaker. So, the pronoun 'you' in DS is changed to 'he' in IDS. The male pronoun ('he') is used because the person being referred to (Mr.Ghost) is a male. The verbs in DS are changed from simple present tense into simple past tense. Hence, the verb, 'are' in DS is changed to 'was' in IDS. 
    In an exclamatory sentence in DS, the adverb (how miserably) precedes the subject and verb (you are belching). In IDS, the adverb has to follow the verb. Further, the word, 'how' in DS is replaced with the word, 'very'. 
    The complete sentence in IDS is: 'Mrs.Otis exclaimed with disgust and told the ghost that he was belching very miserably'. Hence, option B is correct. 
    Option A: This is incorrect as the adverb, 'how miserably' should not precede the subject and verb (he was belching). Further, the word 'how' in DS has not been changed to 'very' in IDS.
    Option C: This is incorrect as the word,'how' in DS has not been changed to 'very' in IDS.
    Option D: This is incorrect as the pronoun 'you' has not been changed to 'he' in IDS. Further, the word, 'how' in DS has not been changed to 'very' in IDS.
  • Question 9
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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 10
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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. 
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