English Language

Sentence Transformation

558 Questions

Sentence transformation questions evaluate grammatical accuracy in converting sentences between active and passive voice, as well as direct and indirect speech. The focus lies on altering sentence structures without changing the original meaning while maintaining correct tense and verb forms. This is a highly weighted English language topic in SSC and banking exams.

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Sentence Transformation Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the option that converts the sentence given below from active voice to passive voice.

This book is selling like hot cakes.

  1. This book is sold like hot cakes.

  2. This book is being sold hot like cakes.

  3. This book is being sold like hot cakes.

  4. This book is hot cakes like sold.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice, we interchange the respective places of the subject and the object. In passive voice, we always use the third form of the verb with the helping verb. In passive voice, present continuous takes 'being'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the option that converts the sentence given below from active voice to passive voice.

I have finished my home task.

  1. My home task has finished by me.

  2. My home task has been finished by me.

  3. My task of home has been finished by me.

  4. My home task is finished by me.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice, we interchange the respective places of the subject and the object. In passive voice, we always use the third form of the verb with the helping verb. Some changes are made in the pronoun usage. Present perfect tense changes into present perfect continuous.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the option that converts the sentence given below from active voice to passive voice.

The area has been entered by the lions.

  1. The lions have entered the area.

  2. The area has to be entered by the lions.

  3. The area has entered by the lions.

  4. The areas had been entered by the lions.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice, we interchange the respective places of the subject and the object. In passive voice, we always use the third form of the verb with the helping verb. Some changes are made in the pronoun usage. Present perfect continuous tense changes into present perfect tense.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the option that converts the sentence given below from active voice to passive voice.

Several four legged animals were observed by us.

  1. We observed several four legged animals.

  2. Several animals were observed by us who were four legged.

  3. Several animals who were four legged were observed by us.

  4. Several animals four legged were observed by us.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice, we interchange the respective places of the subject and the object. In active voice, we always use the second form of the verb in case of past simple tense. Some changes are made in the pronoun usage.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the option that converts the sentence given below from active voice to passive voice.

Your country has been betrayed by you.

  1. Your country has betrayed by you.

  2. Your country is betrayed by you.

  3. Your country has to be betrayed by you.

  4. You have betrayed your country.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice, we interchange the respective places of the subject and the object. In passive voice, we always use the third form of the verb with the helping verb. Some changes are made in the pronoun usage. Present perfect continuous tense changes into present perfect tense.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the option that converts the sentence given below from active voice to passive voice.

A little boiling pot was being pointed to by her.

  1. She was pointing to a little boiling pot.

  2. A little boiling pot was being pointed to by her.

  3. A little boiling pot being to by her.

  4. A little boiling pot was pointed being to by her.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'Was being' means past continuous tense. 'Was pointing' is the correct replacement. Prepositions do not change.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.

I saw him conducting the rehearsal.

  1. He was seen conducting the rehearsal.

  2. I saw the rehearsal to be conducted by him.

  3. He was seen by me to conduct the rehearsal.

  4. The rehearsal being conducted by him was seen by me.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Here the main subject is I. In passive voice subject of active voice becomes the object & vice-versa, and they interchange their places. Considering this, option 4 seems perfect. If the object 'by me' had been added in sentence 1 it would also have correct. When a sentence has two objects then there are two possibilities of phrasing the sentence in passive voice.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.

You must look into this matter.

  1. This matter has been looked into by you

  2. This matter may be looked into by you

  3. This matter should be looked into by you

  4. This matter must be looked into by you
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In passive voice subject of active voice becomes the object & vice-versa, and they interchange their places. Whenever we change a sentence of present indefinite into passive voice, we use modal/auxilary + third form of the verb.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.

Someone has picked his pocket.

  1. They have his pocked picked.

  2. Picking has been done to his pocket.

  3. Picked has been his pocket.

  4. His pocket has been picked.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In passive voice subject of active voice becomes the object & vice-versa, and they interchange their places. Moreover when the subject in active voice is unknown, we do not use subject in the passive voice.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.

Someone gave her a bull dog.

  1. She was given by someone a bull dog.

  2. A bull dog was given to her by someone.

  3. She has been given a bull dog.

  4. She is being given a bull dog by someone.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In passive voice subject of active voice becomes the object & vice-versa, and they interchange their places. Moreover, whenever we change a sentence of past indefinite into passive voice, we use 'was/were + third form of the verb'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.

My Uncle promised me a present.

  1. A present was promised by my uncle to me.

  2. I was promised a present by my uncle.

  3. I had been promised a present by my uncle.

  4. I was promised by my uncle a present.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In passive voice subject of active voice becomes the object & vice-versa, and they interchange their places. 'Me' becomes 'I' and 'my uncle' comes at the end. Option 2 is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.

Please help me.

  1. You were requested to help me.

  2. You are being requested to help me.

  3. You are requested to help me.

  4. You have been requested to help me.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Here the subject 'you' is missing in the active voice case. Case of present indefinite, so 'You' needs to be followed by 'are'. In such cases we use 'is/are + third form of the verb'.