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1.

Select options showing the correct change of sentences from the Active to the Passive voice. The hunter was making an animal trap.

A. An animal trap was making.
B. An animal trap is being made by the hunter.
C. An animal trap was being made by the hunter.
D. An animal trap is being made by the hunter.
Answer» D. An animal trap is being made by the hunter.
2.

Select the option showing correctly the change from Active to Passive voice. You should do some exercise.

A. Some exercise must be done.
B. Some exercise should be done.
C. Some exercise had to be done.
D. Some exercise shall be done.
Answer» C. Some exercise had to be done.
3.

Choose the options showing change of sentences correctly from the Active to the Passive voice. The doctor will cure me.

A. I will cure the doctor.
B. I have been cured by the doctor.
C. I will be cured by the doctor.
D. I will have been cured by the doctor.
Answer» D. I will have been cured by the doctor.
4.

Directions: Say whether the underlined word is a subject, object, verb, or preposition. Mrs. Arora likes tea.

A. Subject
B. Object
C. Verb
D. Preposition
Answer» C. Verb
5.

Fill in the blanks with the correct options. I _____ waiting at the bank by my friend who called me, but didn't come for a long time.

A. Kept
B. am keeping
C. Was kept
D. have kept
Answer» D. have kept
6.

Directions: Select the right option for the doer of the action in the given statements. The family went to the beach.

A. beach
B. The family
C. went
D. all
Answer» C. went
7.

Directions: Select the correct sentence in active voice. Cricket is played by the children.

A. Children are playing cricket.
B. Cricket was played by the children.
C. Cricket has been played by the children.
D. Children play cricket.
Answer» E.
8.

Complete the sentences in passive voice (Present or Past) using the options given. The license of the factory ________ only two days before the accident.

A. has been suspended
B. will be suspended
C. had been suspended
D. suspended
Answer» D. suspended
9.

Directions: Mention whether the given sentences are written in active or passive voice. French is spoken in Nigeria.

A. Active
B. Passive
C. Both
D. None
Answer» C. Both
10.

Fill in the blanks with the correct options. The gate ____ in a very nice colour.

A. didn't paint
B. isn't painted
C. isn't paint
D. isn't painting
Answer» B. isn't painted
11.

Select the option showing correctly the change from Active to Passive voice. These gave them an advantage over the other tribes.

A. They gave an advantage over the other tribes who used long spears by them.
B. They had given an advantage over the other tribe?s spears by them.
C. They were given an advantage over the other tribes by these.
D. These were given an advantage over the other tribes.
Answer» D. These were given an advantage over the other tribes.
12.

Fill in the blanks with the correct options. Carrots ______ well before we ______ them.

A. washed, cooked
B. were washed, were cooked
C. are washed, cook
D. are washed, are cooked
Answer» D. are washed, are cooked
13.

Read the passage below and choose options that replace the underlined portions. I \[\underline{\mathbf{Q29}}\]the parcel. It might \[\underline{\mathbf{Q30}}\] to the wrong address. I \[\underline{\mathbf{Q31}}\]overnight at a hotel. I \[\underline{\mathbf{Q32}}\] the hotel receptionist that I \[\underline{\mathbf{Q33}}\] to\[\underline{\mathbf{Q34}}\] at 6.30 the next morning. It \[\underline{\mathbf{Q35}}\] not certain how the fire\[\underline{\mathbf{Q36}}\] but it \[\underline{\mathbf{Q37}}\]\[\underline{\mathbf{Q38}}\] by an electrical fault.

A. am not receiving
B. have not been received
C. Wouldn?t receive
D. Haven?t received
Answer» E.
14.

Complete the sentences in passive voice (Present or Past) using the options given. Thousands of kites ________ at the International kite festival.

A. are being exhibited
B. exhibited
C. being exhibited
D. is being exhibited
Answer» B. exhibited
15.

Select the options showing correctly^ change of the following sentences to passive voice. His behaviour disappointed me.

A. I am disappointed at his behaviour.
B. I have been disappointed at his behaviour.
C. I was disappointed by his behaviour.
D. I will have been disappointed by his behaviour.
Answer» D. I will have been disappointed by his behaviour.
16.

Fill in the blanks with the correct options. Some more trees ____ in the school garden last year.

A. were planting
B. planted
C. were planted
D. was planted
Answer» B. planted
17.

Read the passage given below and choose the correct options that can replace the underlined portions. The rainforest \[\underline{\mathbf{Q21}}\] us so much, and \[\underline{\mathbf{Q22}}\] so many possibilities vet we \[\underline{\mathbf{Q23}}\] and \[\underline{\mathbf{Q24}}\] it down. Animals, plants and insects \[\underline{\mathbf{Q25}}\] at the rate of 1,000 species per year. If the rainforest keeps \[\underline{\mathbf{Q26}}\] at the current rate, 10,000 species \[\underline{\mathbf{Q27}}\]out per year. If we,\[\underline{\mathbf{Q28}}\] to save the earth, we \[\underline{\mathbf{Q29}}\] with the rainforests. They \[\underline{\mathbf{Q30}}\] the connection between man and nature. The rainforests \[\underline{\mathbf{Q31}}\] the most valuable resources we \[\underline{\mathbf{Q32}}\]. The final major cause of mass rainforest destruction \[\underline{\mathbf{Q33}}\]cattle ranching. Cattle ranching in the rainforest \[\underline{\mathbf{Q34}}\] very low amounts of beef, but unfortunately it \[\underline{\mathbf{Q35}}\] farming.

A. been destroyed
B. is destroyed
C. Being destroyed
D. destroyed
Answer» D. destroyed
18.

Select the option showing correctly the change from Passive to Active voice. The tree was struck by lightning.

A. The tree is struck by lightning.
B. Let not the lightning strike the tree.
C. Let the tree not be struck.
D. Lightning struck the tree.
Answer» E.
19.

Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks. When ________ America ________ ?

A. did, discover
B. were, discovered
C. was, discovered
D. is, discover
Answer» D. is, discover
20.

Directions: Complete the following paragraph with passive form of verb given in the brackets from the options below; The birthday of Mahatma Gandhi __(19)__ (celebrate) all over the country. He__(20)__ (known) as 'Bapu or 'father of the nation'. Gandhiji __(21)__ (love) and __(22)__ by millions of Indians even today.

A. respects
B. is respected
C. was respected
D. respected
Answer» E.
21.

Fill in the blanks with the correct options. The computer ____ in the 2000s, but much earlier.

A. was not invented
B. weren?t invented
C. was invent
D. wasn't inventing
Answer» C. was invent
22.

Select the option showing correctly the change from Active to Passive voice. The electrician was repairing the fan

A. The fan was repaired by the electrician.
B. The fan is being repaired by the electrician.
C. The fan will be repaired by the electrician.
D. The fan was being repaired by the electrician.
Answer» E.
23.

Fill in the blanks with the correct options. He ____ by his voice, when he spoke out in the dark.

A. knew
B. have known
C. known
D. was known
Answer» E.
24.

Read the passage given below and choose the options that can correctly replace the underlined portions. Anand was the naughtiest boy in the whole school and always in trouble with the prefects and teachers. All the window panes \[\underline{\mathbf{Q14 }}\]. Over in a corner, \[\underline{\mathbf{Q15 }}\]a heap of broken desks and chairs, the result of his handiwork. He \[\underline{\mathbf{Q16 }}\] twice in front of the whole school for his misdeeds but he \[\underline{\mathbf{Q17 }}\] unrepentant. I was sure that he \[\underline{\mathbf{Q18 }}\] from school if he \[\underline{\mathbf{Q19 }}\] on like that. But one speech from the principal \[\underline{\mathbf{Q20 }}\] his behaviour dramatically. He became the most well-behaved boy in the class.

A. had caned
B. was caned
C. Had been caned
D. caned
Answer» C. Had been caned
25.

Directions: Tick the correct option in the passive voice. He sold all the flowers.

A. All the flowers was sold by him.
B. All the flowers were being sold by him.
C. All the flowers have been sold by him.
D. All the flowers were sold by him.
Answer» E.
26.

Select the option showing correctly the change from Active to Passive voice. The army will have captured the city.

A. The city will be captured by the army.
B. The will have captured by the army.
C. The city will have been captured by the army.
D. The army will have been captured by the city.
Answer» D. The army will have been captured by the city.
27.

Fill in the blanks with the correct options. I ____ much ____ by his voice and manner.

A. Has, hurt
B. am, hurt
C. was, hurt
D. was being, hurt
Answer» D. was being, hurt
28.

Read the following passage carefully and choose the correct options that can replace the relative underlined portions. In 1936, the largest man-made object Q11 to the air. It Q12 the German passenger airship ? the Hindenburg. At that time, the Hindenburg was an engineering feat both in size and in the amount of gas it could Q13. This Q14 that more passengers Q15 in each trip and the airship Q16 for longer distances. Other aeroplanes at that time Q17 for short periods before they had Q18 and a substantial airlift meant that there had to be as little weight as possible in the aeroplanes. The Hindenburg Q19 to Q20 with helium.

A. carry
B. carried
C. carrying
D. be carried
Answer» B. carried
29.

Choose the options showing change of sentences correctly from the Passive to the Active voice. The match is going to be played.

A. They are going to play the match.
B. He will be playing the match.
C. They will be playing the match.
D. We will be playing the match.
Answer» B. He will be playing the match.
30.

Read the passage given below and choose the correct options that can replace the underlined portions. The plants Q11 only in the shallow part of the sea because they need sunlight Q12. Many seaweeds Q13 from the bottom of the sea in shallow waters near the coast but floating seaweeds Q14 at a great distance from land in the middle of the ocean. Most of the plants in the sea are so small that they Q15 only Q16 under a microscope. They Q17 and Q18 around by currents. The sea plants Q19 by animals which are almost as small as them and float in the sea, too. We Q20 both the tiny plants and animals, plankton.

A. are living
B. living
C. live
D. lived
Answer» D. lived
31.

Fill in the blanks with the correct options. In the olden days, grains ____ by the roller mill.

A. Crushed
B. Were crushed
C. Were crushing
D. Were being crushed
Answer» C. Were crushing