Not a word was spoken by the criminal in self-defense. A. The criminal spoke not a word in self-defense. B. The criminal in self defense spoke no word. C. The criminal did not speak a word in self defense. D. The criminal spoke in self defense, not a word.
Solution: (C)
Given sentence is passive voice. According to the given instruction change it into active voice .
The given sentence is in past tense in the form of ‘was not + V3 + by’.
To convert it into active voice Change it in the form of ‘did not + VI
So option C suits the best of all other options.
The news has been brought to us by him. A. He brought us the news. B. He has brought us the news. C. He was brought the news to us. D. We brought the news to him.
Solution: (B)
Given sentence is in passive voice. According to the given instruction change it into active voice.
It’s given in the form of ‘Obj+have/has been+V3+ bY+ subject’.
The active form of the above sentence is ‘subject +have /has +V3 + object ‘
We serve hot meals till 10.30 guests can order, coffee and sandwiches upto 1 1.30. A. Hot meals are serving till 10.30 ; coffee and sandwiches are ordering by guests till 11.30. B. Hot meals are being served till 10.30 coffee and sandwiches are being ordered till 11-30. C. Hot meals are served till 10.30; coffee and sandwiches may be ordered till 1 1.30. D. Hot meals will be served till 10.30; coffee and sandwiches will be ordered upto 11.30.
Solution: C
The given sentence is in active voice.
He mailed his application for a new job. A. The application for a new job is mailed by him. B. The application for a new job was mailed by him. C. He is the mailer of the application for a new job. D. He was the mailer of the application for a new job.
Solution: B
The sentence is in past tense. Was should be used in passive voice. Thus, the right usage is ‘The application for a new job was mailed by him’.
The labourers paved the entire stretch of the road. A. The entire stretch of the road is paved by the labourers. B. Paving of the entire stretch of the road was done by the labourers. C. The entire stretch of the road was paved by the labourers. D. Paving of the entire stretch of the road is done by the labourers.
Solution: C
The passive voice of the given statement is – “The entire stretch of the road was paved by the labourers.”
The painter painted the entire bungalow. A. The entire bungalow is painted by the painter. B. Painting of the entire bungalow was done by the painter. C. The entire bungalow was painted by the painter. D. Painting of the entire bungalow is done by the painter.
Solution: C
The entire bungalow was painted by the painter. In the passive voice, ‘was painted’ is used because the sentence is in simple past tense.
Jayesh has sent the email. A. The email has had been sent by Jayesh. B. The email has been sent by Jayesh. C. The email was sent by Jayesh. D. The email was send by Jayesh.
Solution: B
When we change from active to passive voice, there should be no change in the tense of the sentence. The given sentence is in present perfect tense.
Hence, on changing, it should continue to be in present perfect tense. Thus, “has been sent” is the correct form of the verb.
The agent had disclosed the secret before it was evening. A. The secret was disclosed by the agent before it was evening. B. The secret had disclosed by the agent before it had been evening. C. The secret had been disclosed by the agent before it was evening. D. The secret was disclosed by the agent before it had been evening.
Solution: C
The given sentence is the active voice
We have to changed it into passive voice.
Active voice- Subject +verb+0bject +complement.
Passive voice- object + auxiliary verb+V3+bY+Subject+complement.
The given sentence is in the past perfect tense.
Only option C is grammatically correct.
Option A-it is in simple past form.But given sentence is in past perfect tense.
Option -B – it is in the present perfect tense.But usage of *been’ is on wrong place.it should be after helping verb ‘Had’.
Option D- It is in the simple past form.
So except option C all are grammatically incorrect.
The teacher should check the homework. A. The homework should be checked by the teacher. B. The homework is checked by the teacher. C. The teacher is responsible for checking homework. D. The homework will be checked by the teacher.
Solution: A
The homework should be checked by the teacher.
They first sun-dried the garbage for one to three days to bring down the moisture level. A. The moisture level was brought down by sun-drying the garbage for one to three days B. One to three days of sun-drying brought down the moisture level of the garbage C. The moisture level of the garbage came down when it was sun-dried for one to three days D. The garbage was first sun-dried for one to three days to bring down the moisture level
Solution: D
The subject and the object should be interchanged. Also, the doer of the action can be omitted in passive voice.
‘The garbage’ is the object in the given sentence and hence, the ‘They first sun-dried the garbage’ will be changed to ‘The garbage was first sun-dried’.
The other 2 parts of the sentence ‘for one to three days’ and ‘to bring down the moisture level’ do not require any change.
Therefore, the passive voice of the given sentence is ‘The garbage was first sun-dried for one to three days to bring down the moisture level’
