Active and Passive Voice Questions for Competitive Exams

151.	Drafting a letter is a skill which can be acquired by you with a lot of practice.
a.	You may acquired the skill of drafting a letter with a lot of practice.
b.	Drafting a letter is a skill which you will acquire with a lot of practice.
c.	Drafting a letter is a skill which you could acquire with a lot of practice.
d.	Drafting a letter is a skill which you can acquire with a lot of practice. Option “D” is correct. Drafting a letter is a skill which you can acquire with a lot of practice. The given sentence contains one of Model verb (Model Verb = will, shall, can, may, might, could, might, must, would). It is in passive voice. Rule : Subject + Model verb + V¹ + Optional Objects

152.	The telegraph wires have been cut.
a.	The telegraph wires have cut by someone.
b.	Someone has cut the telegraph wires.
c.	Someone has been cut the telegraph wires.
d.	Someone have cut the telegraph wires. Option “B” is correct. Someone has cut the telegraph wires. Given sentence is in present perfect tense and it is in passive voice. Rule : Subject + (Have/has) + V¹ + Other agents

153.	He said to me, “What time do the offices close?”
a.	He wanted to know what time the offices close.
b.	He asked me what time did the offices close.
c.	He asked me what time the offices closed.
d.	He asked me what time the offices did close. Option “C” is correct.

154.	He said, “The mice will play, when the cat is away.”
a.	He said that the mice will play when the cat is away.
b.	He said that the mice would play when the cat was away.
c.	He said that the mice would play when the cat would be away.
d.	He said that the mice shall play, when the cat is away. Option “A” is correct.

155.	He said, “I must go next week.”
a.	He said that he must go next week.
b.	He said that he must go the following week.
c.	He said that he would have to go the following week.
d.	He said that he was to go the following week. Option “C” is correct.

156.	Rajan said, “O that I were a child again!”
a.	Rajan exclaimed with wonder that he was a child again.
b.	Rajan wondered that were he a child again.
c.	Rajan strongly wished that he had been a child again.
d.	Rajan prayed that he were a child again. Option “C” is correct.

157.	He said, “I clean my teeth twice a day.”
a.	He said that he cleaned his teeth twice a day.
b.	He said that he cleans his teeth twice a day.
c.	He said that he used to clean his teeth twice a day.
d.	He said that he is used to cleaning his teeth twice a day. Option “B” is correct.

158.	The employer said to the workman, “I cannot pay you higher wages.”
a.	The employer told the workman that he could not be paid higher wages.
b.	The employer told the workman that he could not pay him higher wages.
c.	The employer forbade the workman to pay higher wages.
d.	The employer warned the workman that he cannot pay him higher wages. Option “B” is correct.

159.	Pinki said to Gaurav, “Will you help me in my work just now?”
a.	Pinki asked Gaurav if he would help her in her work just then.
b.	Pinki questioned to Gaurav that will you help me in my work just now.
c.	Pinki told Gaurav whether he will help her in her work just now.
d.	Pinki asked to Gaurav that will he help her in her work just now. Option “A” is correct.

160.	He said to his servant, “Why are you so lazy today?”
a.	He asked his servant why he was so lazy that day.
b.	He asked his servant why he had been so lazy that day.
c.	He asked his servant why he was being so lazy that day.
d.	He asked his servant why was he so lazy that day. Option “A” is correct.

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