Voice Practice Question and Answer
4 Q: Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
They are making elaborate arrangements for the party.
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64cce1fcb6a5e472e27fd938- 1Elaborate arrangements have been made for the party.false
- 2Elaborate arrangements are made for the party.false
- 3Elaborate arrangements are being made for the party.true
- 4Elaborate arrangements were being made for the party.false
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Answer : 3. "Elaborate arrangements are being made for the party."
Explanation :
The given sentence is an example of Active Voice. As per the given question, we have to change it to Passive Voice.
The process of transformation is as follows:
The subject of the given sentence is 'They'.
The object of the given sentence is 'Elaborate'.
The subject will be put in place of the object and the object will be put in place of the subject.
'Are making' will be changed into 'are being made'.
However, the subject 'they' will not be used as 'by them' because it becomes the hidden subject here. This is so because here the action is the central focus and the actor can be any unknown/general entity.
Thus the correct sentence is: Elaborate arrangements are being made for the party.
Q: Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
The man played the flute and led all the mouse out of the town.
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64cce29b9e9013486a979fb6- 1all the mousetrue
- 2the flute and ledfalse
- 3out of the townfalse
- 4The man playedfalse
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Answer : 1. "all the mouse"
Explanation :
Some nouns are not made plural by adding 's/es'. It is done in a different manner.
Criterion- criteria, mouse- mice, phenomenon- phenomena, radius- radii, syllabus- syllabi, etc.
For example: You don't fulfill the criterions set by the commission.(wrong)
You don't fulfill the criteria set by the commission.(Right)
We need the plural form of the given noun in the sentence i.e. mice.
Q: Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
We all regard Liza as an expert.
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64cce586a665bacf81bbf931- 1Liza is regarded as an expert by all of us.true
- 2Liza has been regarded as an expert by all of us.false
- 3Liza was regarded as an expert by all of us.false
- 4Liza should be regarded as an expert by all of us.false
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Answer : 1. "Liza is regarded as an expert by all of us."
Explanation :
In Active Voice, a sentence emphasizes the subject, performing an action. In Passive Voice, a sentence emphasizes the action or the object of the sentence.
The given sentence is in the active voice and 'We' is the subject and 'Liza' is the object.
When we convert this sentence into passive voice, the subject 'We' of the active voice becomes the object 'us', the object 'Liza' becomes the subject.
The passive format "is + V3 (regarded)" should be used. This is the active and passive voice rule for the present simple tense.
Q: Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
We have looked at the plan carefully.
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64ccea728f85ca71558f2e27- 1The plan was looked at carefully.false
- 2The plan is being looked at carefully.false
- 3The plan has been looked at carefully.true
- 4The plan have been looked at carefully.false
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Answer : 3. "The plan has been looked at carefully."
Explanation :
The given sentence is in Passive Voice. As per the question we have to change it into Active Voice.
The structure of the given sentence as follows: Subject+has/have+V3+Object.
(Active Voice) Subject (Objective Case)+has/have+been+V3+Object (Subjective Case).
(Passive Voice) 'The plan' will be put in place of 'we'.
(Subject becomes object) And 'We' will be put in place of 'The plan'.
(the object becomes subject) 'Have looked at' will be changed into 'Has looked at'.
(To agree with the changed subject and object) Thus the correct sentence is:
The plan has been carefully looked at