FREE General Competitive English Questions and Answers
Choose the appropriate active form for the given sentence.
The play's conclusion caught the audience off guard.
• In the original sentence, "The play's conclusion" is the subject, and "caught" is the verb indicating what the conclusion did.
• "The audience" is the object that received the action, but it's not explicitly mentioned as the subject in the original sentence.
In the provided active form:
"The ending of the play" is the subject, and "has surprised" is the verb indicating what the ending did. <br.
• "The audience" is now explicitly mentioned as the one being surprised by the ending.
This transformation maintains the meaning of the original sentence while explicitly mentioning the audience's reaction, making it a correct active form.
Choose the appropriate passive voice for the provided sentence.
We carefully examined the plan.
• The active sentence has the subject "We" performing the action, which is examining the plan.
• In the passive voice, the subject becomes the receiver of the action. So, "We" changes to "The plan."
• The verb "examined" changes to "was examined" to maintain the correct tense.
• "Carefully" remains the same because it describes how the examination was done.
So, the correct passive voice sentence is "The plan was carefully examined."
Choose the appropriate passive voice for the provided sentence.
For the party, they are making extensive preparations.
• In the active voice sentence, "they" is the subject performing the action of making preparations.
• In the passive voice, the focus is shifted from the doer of the action to what is being done. So, "they" changes to "elaborate arrangements."
• "Are being made" is the passive form of "are making" to maintain the correct tense.
• "For the party" remains the same, indicating the purpose of the preparations.
So, the correct passive voice sentence is "Elaborate arrangements are being made for the party."
Choose the appropriate active form for the given sentence.
The police refused to let them enter Delhi.
Choose the appropriate passive voice for the provided sentence.
Jessica is regarded as an expert by all of us.
• In the active voice sentence, "Jessica" is the subject performing the action of being regarded as an expert.
• In the passive voice, we make the object of the active sentence (in this case, "an expert") the new subject.
• "Is regarded" remains the same in the passive voice to maintain the correct tense.
• "By all of us as Jessica" indicates who is doing so and provides additional context about Jessica's status as an expert.
So, the correct passive voice sentence is "An expert is regarded by all of us as Jessica."
Choose the appropriate active form for the given sentence.
Did you leave your suitcase on the bus?
• The original sentence, "Did you leave your suitcase on the bus?" is already in the correct active voice form.
• It is a question in the past tense, asking whether the person left their suitcase on the bus.
• The verb "leave" is in the past tense form "left," and the subject "you" is in its active form.
So, the sentence "Did you leave your suitcase on the bus?" is the correct active form, and it is asking a question about the action of leaving the suitcase on the bus.
The given sentence's correct indirect form should be chosen.
I received a large discount on this television, Sasha said to him.
• In the original sentence, "Sasha said to him," Sasha is the speaker, and "him" is the person being spoken to.
• The direct statement made by Sasha is, "I received a large discount on this television."
In the provided indirect form:
• "Sasha" remains the speaker.
• "Told him" indicates that Sasha is conveying information to someone else.
• "That she had got a hefty discount on that television" is the reported statement, which is the indirect way of expressing what Sasha said. It correctly conveys the original statement made by Sasha.
This transformation accurately represents the original sentence in its indirect form, making it the correct answer.
Choose the appropriate passive voice for the provided sentence.
During the inter-college cricket tournament, our team scored 350 runs.
• In the original active voice sentence, "our team" is the subject performing the action of scoring runs during the inter-college cricket tournament.
• To change it to passive voice, we make the object of the active sentence ("350 runs") the new subject.
• "Were scored" is the passive form of "scored" to maintain the correct tense.
• "By our team" is added to indicate who performed the action.
So, the correct passive voice sentence is "350 runs were scored by our team in the Inter-college Cricket Tournament," which emphasizes the runs scored rather than the team that scored them.
Choose the appropriate active form for the given sentence.
She pardoned him for everything.
• In the original sentence, "She pardoned him for everything," the subject is "She," and the verb is "pardoned," indicating her action.
• "Him" is the object of her action, and "for everything" clarifies the reason for the pardon.
In the provided active form:
• "She" is still the subject, and "forgave" is the verb indicating her action.
• "All his faults" is now explicitly mentioned as the object of her action.
This transformation maintains the meaning of the original sentence while using different words to express the same idea, making it a correct active form.
Determine which part of the phrase has a grammatical problem.
The man played the flute and led all the mouse out of the town.
• In this sentence, it appears that there is a group of mice being led out of the town.
• The word "mice" is the plural form of "mouse," which is the correct plural noun to use in this context.
• "Mouse" is singular, and "mice" is plural. Therefore, to make the phrase grammatically correct, it should be "all the mice" instead of "all the mouse."
So, the corrected phrase is: "The man played the flute and led all the mice out of the town."
Choose the appropriate passive voice for the provided sentence.
Northern India was under the dominion of Razia Sultana.
There is no need to change the sentence into passive voice because it is already in the passive form in its original state. The sentence states a fact about the historical situation, where "Northern India" is the subject that is acted upon, and "the dominion of Razia Sultana" is what it was under. There's no need to transform it further into passive voice because it's already in the correct form to convey the information.