SSC CGL English – Active & Passive Voice – Level 2 · Exam Level · Tier I Sprint

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SSC CGL English – Active & Passive Voice – Level 2 · Exam Level · Tier I Sprint – 15 questions, subject: English Language & Comprehension. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  

Directions: Each item names the change to make – to passive or to active. Select the option that expresses the given sentence correctly in that voice, keeping its tense and meaning.

Active → passiveChange to passive: Did she send the parcel?

Correct Answer: B [Was the parcel sent by her?]

Explanation:

'Did' = past simple question → Was + subject + V3 + by her?

2.  
Active → passiveChange to passive: Who stole the necklace?

Correct Answer: A [By whom was the necklace stolen?]

Explanation:

Who (subject) → By whom; keep question order and the past tense.

3.  
Active → passiveChange to passive: Close the gate.

Correct Answer: C [Let the gate be closed.]

Explanation:

Command → Let + object + be + V3.

4.  
Active → passiveChange to passive: Please lend me your pen.

Correct Answer: D [You are requested to lend me your pen.]

Explanation:

A polite request → 'You are requested to' + base form.

5.  
Active → passiveChange to passive: The company offered her a job.

Correct Answer: A [She was offered a job by the company.]

Explanation:

Person as subject: her → she; past simple → was + V3 (offered).

6.  
Active → passiveChange to passive: Do not waste food.

Correct Answer: D [Let food not be wasted.]

Explanation:

Negative command → Let + object + not be + V3.

7.  
Active → passiveChange to passive: The neighbours looked after our cat.

Correct Answer: C [Our cat was looked after by the neighbours.]

Explanation:

The particle 'after' stays with the verb; past simple → was + V3.

8.  
Active → passiveChange to passive: Somebody has opened my letters.

Correct Answer: B [My letters have been opened.]

Explanation:

Present perfect → have been + V3 (plural 'letters'); the agent 'somebody' is dropped.

9.  
Active → passiveChange to passive: The guard was locking the gate.

Correct Answer: C [The gate was being locked by the guard.]

Explanation:

Past continuous → was being + V3.

10.  
Active → passiveChange to passive: The engineers will have completed the bridge by June.

Correct Answer: A [The bridge will have been completed by the engineers by June.]

Explanation:

Future perfect → will have been + V3.

11.  
Active → passiveChange to passive: The guards must check every bag.

Correct Answer: B [Every bag must be checked by the guards.]

Explanation:

Modal + be + V3; 'must have been' changes the time.

12.  
Identify the voiceWhich of the following sentences CANNOT be changed into the passive voice?

Correct Answer: D [The guests arrived late.]

Explanation:

'arrived' has no object (intransitive), so there is nothing to move forward.

13.  
Passive → activeChange to active: The floors are being swept by the servant.

Correct Answer: A [The servant is sweeping the floors.]

Explanation:

'are being swept' = present continuous; singular 'servant' → 'is sweeping'.

14.  
Passive → activeChange to active: The match had been won by our team.

Correct Answer: B [Our team had won the match.]

Explanation:

'had been won' = past perfect → 'had won'.

15.  
Active → passiveChange to passive: What did they find?

Correct Answer: C [What was found by them?]

Explanation:

Wh-object question → What + was + V3 + by them?

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