active and passive voice section 9 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Answer: (d)

Whom did you laugh at?

(a) Who was being laughed at with you ? (Tense has changed)

(b) Whom was laughed at by you? (Meaning of sentence changed)

(c) By whom was laughed by you?(Preposition at is missing)

(d)Who was laughed at by you? (Correct)

Answer: (a)

She is reading a novel.

(a) A novel is being read by her. (Correct)

(b) A novel has been read by her. (Tense has changed)

(c) A novel is read by her. (Tense has changed)

(d) A novel was being read by her. (Tense has changed)

Answer: (d)

Though foreigners praised Rabindranath’s Gitanjali, Indian critics ignored it in thebeginning.

(a) Though Rabindranath’s Gitanjali is praised by foreigners, it was ignored by Indian critics in the beginning. (Tense has changed)

(b) Though Rabindranath’s Gitanjali was praised by foreigners, it had been ignored by Indiancritics in the beginning. (Tense has changed)

(c) Though Rabindranath's Gitanjali was praised by foreigners, it has been ignored by Indian criticsin the beginning. (Tense has changed)

(d) Though Rabindranath’s Gitanjali was praised by foreigners, it was ignored by Indian criticsin the beginning. (Correct)

Answer: (d)

Does your watch show right time?

(a) Is the right time shown in your watch? (Preposition is incorrect)

(b) Is the right time shown your watch? (Preposition is missing)

(c) Is the right time show by your watch? (Third form of the verb not used)

(d) Is the right time shown by your watch? (Correct)

Answer: (a)

The Swiss regarded him as an imposter and called him a Villain.

(a) He was regarded as an imposter and was called a Villain by the Swiss. (Correct)

(b) He is regarded as an imposter and was called a Villain by the Swiss. (Incorrect tense)

(c) He was regarded as an imposter and is called a Villain by the Swiss. (Incorrect tense)

(d) He has been regarded as an imposter and called a Villain by the Swiss. (Incorrect tense)

Answer: (a)

Our Almighty will bless wise men.

(a) Wise men will be blessed by our Almighty.(correct)

(b) Wise men should be blessed by our Almighty.(incorrect word)

(c) Wise men have been blessed by our Almighty. (incorrect word)

(d) Wise men would be blessed by our Almighty. (incorrect word)