English Test - 63

Key Points

• When the passive voice is changed to active voice, the object and the subject of the sentence interchange their positions, the focus is the subject performing the action.
• The verb of the sentence changes into it's active form. However, the tense of the sentence is not changed
• The sentence is in the form of a question, so the active voice requires a subject performing the action. 
• The subject in this case is "they," referring to the people who may be taking something for granted.
• The correct verb tense is "taking," which is present continuous and indicates an ongoing action.
• Thus, the correct sentence will be:
  • "Are they taking too much for granted?"

Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

Additional Information

• Option 1, "Have they taken too much for granted?" uses past participle tense, which implies a completed action rather than an ongoing one.
• Option 3, "Did they take too much for granted?" also uses past tense, but the simple past rather than the past participle.
• Option 4, "Do they take too much for granted?" uses present tense, but the simple present rather than the present continuous.

The correct answer is 'The product is made using a secret formula that the company refuses to reveal.'

Key Points

• In order to identify the best way of writing the sentence ensuring that the message being conveyed remains the same we need to find the sentence among the given options that is grammatically and conceptually correct. 
• Options 2, 3 and 4 are grammatically incorrect.
• The given sentence needs to use the present continuous tense form of the verb use. 
  • Option 2 uses the simple present tense form. 
  • Option 3 uses the past tense form. 
  • Option 4 uses the future tense form. 
• Option 1 is grammatically and conceptually correct. It talk about how a product is made using a secret formula which is never revealed by the company. 
• Hence, option 1 is the correct answer.

Correct sentence - The product is made using a secret formula that the company refuses to reveal.​

Key Points

• Direct Speech: Mary said, "I've finished my homework."
• Indirect Speech: Mary said that she had finished her homework.
• The tense of the main verb changes from present perfect (finished) in the direct speech to past perfect (had finished) in the indirect speech.
• The subject of the main verb changes from "I" in the direct speech to "she" in the indirect speech.
• Therefore, the correct answer is "Option 3".

Additional Information

• Option 1) finished is incorrect because it uses the present perfect tense, which is incorrect for indirect speech.
• Option 2) has finished is incorrect because it uses the present perfect tense, which is incorrect for indirect speech.
• Option 4) was finishing is incorrect because it uses the continuous tense, which is incorrect for indirect speech.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in an active voice form, hence we need to convert it into a passive voice form. 
• We need to follow these instructions while changing the voice of an interrogative sentence.
• The preposition 'by' will commence the sentence.
• The objective case of the pronoun 'who' will be used now. (whom)
• The given sentence is in the simple present tense.
• The passive verb form for the simple present interrogative sentence: is/am/are + subject + past participle form of the verb.
• So, 'teaches' changes into 'are you taught'.
• At last line up the remaining part.
• Thus, the correct answer is Option 2.

Following these steps, we finally get- By whom are you taught English?

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the direct speech.
• We can change it to the indirect speech by using reporting verb 'reminded' and changing the tense of the sentence according to the tense of the reporting verb.
• The sentence is in the imperative mood. Hence, the verb in the indirect speech will be in the infinitive form (to book).
• The subject of the indirect speech is 'Anshul' as Esha is the speaker and the object is 'the tickets for the movie'.
• Therefore, the correct answer is "Option 2".

Additional Information

• Option 1 is incorrect because the verb is not in the infinitive form.
• Option 3 is incorrect because the reporting verb 'warned' does not fit in the context of the sentence.
• Option 4 is incorrect because the subject of the sentence is not 'you'.

Key Points

• The correct interrogative version of the statement "You have had your dinner." is "Have you had your dinner?".
• In English, when changing a present perfect sentence ("You have had your dinner") into a question, the auxiliary verb ('have' in this case) usually comes before the subject ('you'), while the past participle verb ('had') remains in place, hence forming "Have you had your dinner?"

Therefore, the correct answer is "Option 2".

The correct answer is "Celestial objects are not visible to the naked eye."

Key Points

• The word "Celestial" means of the sky or of heaven. (आकाश या स्‍वर्ग से संबंधित)
  • Example: The moon is a celestial body.

• The sentence conveys that the unaided eye cannot see objects in the sky.

• Hence, option 4 is the correct answer.

Key Points

• The past perfect tense is used to express an action that was completed before another past action or point in time.
• It is often used to show the sequence of two past events.
  • Structure: Subject + had + past participle + Object
  • Example: By the time I got to the cinema, the movie had already started.
• "By the time I arrived, they had left," is in the past perfect tense.
• It follows the structure for the past perfect tense, with the subject "they," the past perfect of the auxiliary verb "had," and the past participle of the main verb "left".
• This construction indicates that the leaving (action) occurred and was completed before the arrival (another past action) took place.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 1.

Additional Information

• Option A is in the past continuous tense ("were leaving").
• Option B is in the present continuous tense ("are leaving").
• Option D is in the simple present tense ("leave").

Key Points

• Too...to and so...that form a pair.
• Here, too is used with that which is incorrect usage.
• The given sentence is in past tense.
• Therefore Option 1 and 4 cannot be our answer.
• Of the remaining options, Option 2 is correct as the pair of so....that is used correctly.

Thus, the correct sentence is The teacher was so angry that she left the classroom.

Key Points

• ​An Adverbial Clause, sometimes referred to as an adverb clause, is a group of words that, together, functions as an adverb. 
  • This means that the clause describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
  • ​For example: He lost his double chin, after he gave up chocolate.
• A noun clause is a clause (a group of words with a subject and a verb) that serves as a noun in a sentence.
• ​Coordinate Clause means one of two or more clauses in a sentence that are of equal importance and usually joined by and, or, or but.
• Adjective clauses are dependent clauses that give information about nouns.
  • They allow us to combine two sentences into one by using relative pronouns (​who, whom, whose, where, when, which, that, ​and ​why​) as connectors. 
• In the given sentence, we are talking about a particular dog of someone who followed him everywhere he went.
• By referring to the above explanation, it can be concluded that Adverb Clause is the appropriate option to be chosen as the clause used in the given sentence.

​Hence, the correct answer is option 2.