Grammar | MCQs

Explanation

He urged them to be quiet and listen to his words. (Indirect)

said ⇒ urged

be quiet ⇒ to be quiet

my ⇒ his

Explanation

If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the modals like can changes to could, will/shall change to would, have to changes to had to etc.

And if the sentence is interrogative, we use the reporting verbs – asked, enquired, etc.

Explanation

Present Indefinite changes into Past Indefinite.

These changes into Those

Said changes into asked

Question changes into simple sentence

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Explanation

Passive Sentence: "Sara was married by Ahmed."
In the passive voice, Sara becomes the subject of the sentence, and Ahmed, acting, becomes the agent introduced with "by."

Explanation

• The given sentence is in the present indefinite tense.
• The structure followed to change the voice of the present indefinite tense is 'object+ is/am/are+ V3+ by+ subject'.
• Therefore, the correct passive voice of the given sentence is 'An important announcement regarding the foreign policy is expected today.'
• Note: In the given sentence, subject is understood, hence, 'by+ subject (by us)' is not given in the passive voice.

Explanation

The homework has been completed by the students.

In passive voice, the focus shifts to the object, and "has been" is used with the past participle to show the homework was completed by the students recently.

Explanation

My wallet has been stolen.

In passive voice, the correct structure for recent events uses "has been" with the past participle.

It indicating that the action occurred recently but the focus is on the result.

Explanation

350 runs were scored by our team in the Inter-college Cricket Tournament.

In passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject, and the verb is in the past participle form, making "were scored" the correct construction.

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Bala's mother asked Bala if he would lock the door.

This is the correct way to report the original direct speech sentence in indirect speech.

When converting direct speech to indirect speech:

• The question becomes a statement
• The pronoun "you" becomes "he"
• The verb tense remains the same (would)