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1881SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. "The committee had rejected the proposal."
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Correct option: A — The proposal had been rejected by the committee.
The proposal had been rejected by the committee. (Correct) (b) The proposal was rejecting. (Incorrect Tense) (c) The proposal was rejected by the committee. (Incorrect Helping Verb) (d) The proposal is rejected. (Incorrect Tense)
1882SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Select the correct active form. "Was the culprit being chased by the police?"
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Correct option: C — Was the police chasing the culprit?
Was the police chasing the culprit? (Correct) (a) Had the police chased the culprit? (Incorrect Tense) (b) Did the police chase the culprit? (Incorrect Tense) (d) Is the police chasing the culprit? (Incorrect Tense)
1883SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Select the correct active form. "This error could have been avoided by careful planning."
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Correct option: D — Careful planning could have avoided this error.
Careful planning could have avoided this error. (Correct) (a) This error could be avoided by careful planning. (Incorrect Sentence Structure) (b) Someone could have avoided this error. (Incorrect Subject) (c) This error could not have been made. (Incorrect Sentence Structure)
1884SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Change the voice of the following sentence. The satellite has been launched successfully by ISRO.
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Correct option: B — ISRO has launched the satellite successfully.
ISRO has launched the satellite successfully. (Correct) (a) ISRO have launched the satellite successfully. (Incorrect Helping Verb) (c) ISRO has launch the satellite successfully. (Incorrect form of Verb) (d) ISRO has launched the satellite successful. (Incorrect Word)
1885SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Choose the correct active voice form of the sentence: "All the books had been neatly arranged on the shelves by my grandfather."
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Correct option: D — My grand father had neatly arranged all the books on the shelves.
My grand father had neatly arranged all the books on the shelves. (Correct) (a) My grand father has neatly arranged all the books on the shelves. (Incorrect Helping Verb) (b) My grand father had arranged all the books on the shelves. (‘neatly’ is missing) (c) My grand father have neatly arranged all the books on the shelves. (Incorrect Helping Verb)
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1886SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Change the following sentence into active voice: The bill was passed in the parliament.
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Correct option: B — The parliament passed the bill.
The parliament passed the bill. (Correct) (a) The members of the parliament passed the bill in the parliament. (Incorrect Subject) (c) The bill has passed in the parliament. (Incorrect Sentence Structure) (d) They have passed the bill in the parliament. (Incorrect Tense)
1887SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Select the correct active form of the given sentence: "The preliminary results have been officially announced by the matriculation board."
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Correct option: D — The matriculation board has officially announced the preliminary results.
The matriculation board has officially announced the preliminary results. (Correct) (a) The matriculation board has officially announcing the preliminary results. (Incorrect form of Verb) (b) The matriculation board has officially announced the final results. (Incorrect Word) (c) The matriculation board will has officially announced the preliminary results. (Additional Verb)
1888SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Transform the following sentence into active voice: The glass was broken.
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Correct option: B — Someone broke the glass.
Someone broke the glass. (Correct) (a) No one broke the glass. (Incorrect Pronoun) (c) He broken the glass. (Incorrect Pronoun) (d) He broke the glass. (Incorrect Pronoun)
1889SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. "He had lost the keys before the meeting."
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Correct option: C — The keys had been lost by him before the meeting.
The keys had been lost by him before the meeting. (Correct) (a) The keys had lost before the meeting. (Sentence is incomplete) (b) The keys has been lost. (Incorrect Tense) (d) The keys were lost by him. (Incorrect Tense)
1890SSC2025English LanguageEnglish
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. "He helps the poor."
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Correct option: A — The poor are helped by him.
The poor are helped by him. (Correct) (b) The poor were helped by him. (Incorrect Tense) (c) The poor had been helped. (Incorrect Tense) (d) The poor have helped. (Incorrect Tense)

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English Language MCQ practice free online · page 189

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. "The committee had rejected the proposal."

Select the correct active form. "Was the culprit being chased by the police?"

Select the correct active form. "This error could have been avoided by careful planning."

Change the voice of the following sentence. The satellite has been launched successfully by ISRO.

Choose the correct active voice form of the sentence: "All the books had been neatly arranged on the shelves by my grandfather."

Change the following sentence into active voice: The bill was passed in the parliament.

Select the correct active form of the given sentence: "The preliminary results have been officially announced by the matriculation board."

Transform the following sentence into active voice: The glass was broken.

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. "He had lost the keys before the meeting."

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. "He helps the poor."

English Language practice — common questions