SSC CGL English – Active & Passive Voice – Tier II Level · Marathon

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SSC CGL English – Active & Passive Voice – Tier II Level · Marathon – 10 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: Someone must have moved the chairs.

Correct Answer: A [The chairs must have been moved.]

Explanation:

Modal perfect → must have been + V3; 'someone' dropped.

2.  
Active → passiveChange to passive: People think that the bridge is unsafe.

Correct Answer: B [The bridge is thought to be unsafe.]

Explanation:

Subject + is thought + to be … (present kept).

3.  
Identify the voiceWhich of the following sentences is normally NOT changed into the passive voice?

Correct Answer: C [They had been painting the hall since morning.]

Explanation:

The passive of the past perfect continuous (had been being painted) is very rare and normally avoided.

4.  
Active → passiveChange to passive: Lock the cupboard before you go out.

Correct Answer: D [Let the cupboard be locked before you go out.]

Explanation:

Let + object + be + V3.

5.  
Active → passiveChange to passive: They elected him captain.

Correct Answer: A [He was elected captain.]

Explanation:

him → he; past simple → was + V3; the agent 'by them' adds nothing and is usually dropped.

6.  
Passive → activeChange to active: By whom was this poem written?

Correct Answer: D [Who wrote this poem?]

Explanation:

'was written' = past simple → 'wrote'; the subject question uses 'Who' with no auxiliary.

7.  
Active → passiveChange to passive: It is time to post the letters.

Correct Answer: A [It is time for the letters to be posted.]

Explanation:

Infinitive passive: for + object + to be + V3; the present tense is kept.

8.  
Active → passiveChange to passive: He dislikes people staring at him.

Correct Answer: C [He dislikes being stared at.]

Explanation:

Gerund passive: being + V3, keeping the particle 'at'; 'disliked' changes the tense.

9.  
Passive → activeChange to active: The students will be given prizes by the chief guest.

Correct Answer: B [The chief guest will give the students prizes.]

Explanation:

'will be given' = future simple → 'will give'.

10.  
Fill in the passiveChoose the correct passive form: The old bridge _______ at present, so traffic has been diverted.

Correct Answer: D [is being repaired]

Explanation:

'at present' → present continuous; the bridge receives the action → is being + V3.

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