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Q1Fill in the blank with the correct passive form: By the time the officer arrived, the file ____.
The clause 'By the time the officer arrived' sets a point in the past. The signing happened before that past point, so the tense needed is past perfect. Since the subject is 'the file', it receives the action; therefore the form must be passive. Past perfect passive is 'had been + past participle'. The past participle of 'sign' is 'signed'. So the correct completion is 'had been signed': 'By the time the officer arrived, the file had been signed.'
Q2Choose the correct passive voice form of the sentence: The clerk issued the certificate yesterday.
In the passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject. The active verb 'issued' is in the simple past, so the passive form must be 'was/were + past participle'. Since 'certificate' is singular, the correct auxiliary is 'was', and the past participle is 'issued'. The time expression 'yesterday' remains at the end. Therefore, 'The certificate was issued by the clerk yesterday' is the correct passive form.
Q3Choose the sentence that is correctly changed into passive voice.
With modal verbs such as 'must', 'can', 'should' and 'may', the passive voice is formed as 'modal + be + past participle'. Here the subject of the passive sentence is 'the notice'. The verb is 'display', whose past participle is 'displayed'. Therefore the correct structure is 'must be displayed'. Options without 'be' or without the past participle break the passive pattern. Hence, 'The notice must be displayed on the board' is correct.
Q4Fill in the blank with the correct passive form: The application form ______ before the last date.
After a modal such as 'must', the passive voice is formed as 'modal + be + past participle'. Here, the application form receives the action; someone submits it. Therefore, the sentence needs 'must be submitted'. 'Must submit' is active, 'must submitted' is ungrammatical because it lacks 'be', and 'must be submitting' wrongly uses a continuous form. The completed sentence is: 'The application form must be submitted before the last date.'
Q5Which of the following is the incorrect passive voice form?
The question asks for the incorrect passive form. In the present continuous passive, the structure is 'am/is/are + being + past participle'. The subject 'candidates' is plural, so 'are being' is correct, but the verb after it must be the past participle 'called', not the base verb 'call'. The correct sentence would be 'The candidates are being called for verification.' Therefore option A is the incorrect passive form.
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6Choose the correct passive voice form of the sentence: They will announce the result next week.
7Match the active sentences in List I with their correct passive forms in List II. List I: 1. She writes a report. 2. They are cleaning the hall. 3. We have completed the work. List II: P. The hall is being cleaned by them. Q. A report is written by her. R. The work has been completed by us.
8Choose the correct passive voice form of the sentence: The clerk issued the admit cards yesterday.
9Which one of the following is NOT the correct passive voice form of its active sentence?
10Identify the correctly written passive voice sentence.