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| 1. Choose the correct form of the Active Voice for the sentence given below. ‘John is interested in sky-diving.’ |
| i. Sky-diving interests John. ii. Sky-diving is interesting to John. iii. Sky-diving interested John. iv. John takes interest in sky-diving. |
| 2. ‘She gifted him a beautiful watch on his birthday.’ In the passive form, the sentence will be: a. He had been gifted a beautiful watch by her on his birthday. b. He was gifted a beautiful watch by her on his birthday. c. He is gifted a beautiful watch by her on his birthday. d. A beautiful watch was gifted to him by her on his birthday. |
| Answer options: i. Only a and b are correct ii. Only c and d are correct iii. Only b and d are correct iv. All are correct |
| 3. Identify the voice. ‘The students will be notified about the schedule tomorrow.’ |
| i. Active Voice ii. Both Active sometimes or Passive at others iii. Passive Voice iv. None of the above |
| 4. ‘She was singing a song in the concert.’ Which one of the following corresponds to the above sentence in passive voice? |
| i. A song was sung by her in the concert. ii. A song is sung by her in the concert. iii. A song had been sung by her in the concert. iv. A song was being sung by her in the concert. |
| 5. Identify the odd sentence/es from the following. a. The ice-cream was kept in the freezer. b. He will be there by 11.00 a.m. c. The door was left open. d. He was intimated about that in advance. |
| Answer options: i. a only ii. b only iii. b and d only iv. c only |
| 6. Use the correct alternative. ‘John could not have dinner because the meal _________.‘ |
| i. was being prepared ii. was preparing iii. was having prepared iv. had been prepared |
| 7. ‘Have you submitted the assignment?’ In the passive form, the sentence will be: a. Have the assignment been submitted by you? b. Was the assignment submitted by you? c. Has the assignment been submitted by you? d. Is the assignment submitted by you? |
| Answer options: i. only a ii. only b iii. only c iv. only d |
| 8. Change the following into passive voice. ‘Children ought to obey the elders.’ |
| i. Children should obey the elders. ii. The elders ought to be obeyed by children. iii. The elders need to be obeyed by children. iv. The elders must be obeyed by children. |
| 9. Choose the best active voice structure for the following sentence. ‘The political leader was surrounded by news reporters.’ |
| i. News reporters surround the political leader. ii. News reporters had surrounded the political leader. iii. News reporters surrounded the political leader. iv. News reporters have surrounded the political leader. |
| 10. Choose the correct passive form of the following sentence. ‘It is time to end the meeting.’ |
| i. It time to be ended the meeting. ii. It is time that the meeting should be ended. iii. It is time for the meeting to be ended. iv. None of the above. |
| 11. Read the answer options and recognise the type of sentence given. ‘Let the question be answered.’ |
| i. Active-Assertive ii. Passive-Imperative iii. Active-Imperative iv. Passive-Assertive |
| 12. Identify the correct passive form for- ‘He has returned the book.’ |
| i. The book is returned by him. ii. The book had been returned by him. iii. The book has been returned by him. iv. The book was returned by him. |
| 13. Choose the correct passive form from the given alternatives. ‘Do not make fun of anyone.’ |
| i. Anyone should not be made fun of. ii. Anyone ought to be made fun of. iii. Anyone would be made fun of. iv. Anyone should be made fun of. |
| 14. Spot the error in the following sentence. He beat by the crowd brutally yesterday. a b c d |
| Answer options: i. a only ii. c and d only iii. b only iv. no error |
| 15. ‘I was kept waiting for two hours by you.’ Change the voice. |
| i. You wanted me to wait for two hours. ii. You kept me waiting for two hours. iii. I was made to wait for two hours. iv. None of the above. |
| 16. Choose the correct passive form of the following sentence. ‘Bring me a cup of coffee’. |
| i. A cup of coffee has been brought for me. ii. Let a cup of coffee be brought for me. iii. A cup of coffee may be brought for me. iv. A cup of coffee should be brought for me. |
| 17. Choose the correct passive form of the following sentence. ‘The teacher gave the children chocolates.’ |
| i. Chocolates are given to the children by the teacher. ii. Chocolates had been given to the children by the teacher. iii. Chocolates will be given to the children by the teacher. iv. Chocolates were given to the children by the teacher. |
| 18. Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence. ‘Can anybody help me?’ |
| i. Can anybody be helped by me? ii. Anybody can be helped by me? iii. Can I be helped by anybody? iv. None of the above |
| 19. Choose the correct active form. ‘When will the parcel be dispatched?’ |
| i. When will they dispatch the parcel? ii. When they will dispatch the parcel? iii. When the parcel will be dispatched? iv. When will the parcel to be dispatched? |
| 20. Change the voice. ‘He was calling me up constantly.’ |
| i. I had been called up by him constantly. ii. I have been called up by him constantly. iii. I was being called up by him constantly. iv. I were being called up by him constantly. |
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