General English #22 Multiple Choice Questions

GENERAL ENGLISH #22

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Directions (1-20): In these questions, a sentence has been given Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

1. Did everybody miss the first bus?

(a) The first bus was missed by everybody?

(b) Was the first bus missed by everybody?

(c) Every missed the first bus?

(d) Had the first bus been missed by everybody?

Answer: (b)

2. We will not allow them to run away.

(a) They will not be allowed to run away by us.

(b) They would not be allowed to run away.

(c) They are not allowed to run away.

(d) They were not allowed to run away.

Answer: (a)

3. Everyone must read this book.

(a) This book should be read by everyone.

(b) This book has to be read by everyone.

(c) This book is to be read by everyone.

(d) This book must be read by everyone.

Answer: (d)

4. He knew that his own life was unjust.

(a) It was known to him that his own life had been unjust.

(b) It was known by him that his own life was unjust.

(c) It was known to him that his own life was unjust.

(d) It was known by him that life was unjust.

Answer: (c)

5. The student has learnt the answer.

(a) The answer was learnt by the student by heart.

(b) The answer is learnt by heart by the student.

(c) The answer by the student was learnt by heart.

(d) The answer has been learnt by heart by the student.

Answer: (d)

6. The old lady touched and patted the cow.

(a) The cow patted and touched the old lady.

(b) The cow was touched by the old lady patting her.

(c) The cow was patted and touched by the old lady.

(d) The patted cow touched the old lady.

Answer: (c)

7. This watch was given to me by my grandfather.

(a) My grandfather gave me this watch.

(b) My grandfather gives me this watch.

(c) My grandfather had given this watch to me.

(d) My grandfather has given this watch to me.

Answer: (a)

8. By whom is the child being fed?

(a) Who is feeding the child?

(b) Who has fed the child?

(c) Who was feeding the child?

(d) Who has been feeding the child?

Answer: (a)

9. Alexander expected to conquer the world.

(a) It was expected by Alexander that he should conquer the world.

(b) It was expected by Alexander that he would conquer the world.

(c) It was expected by Alexander that he will conquer the world.

(d) It had been expected by Alexander that he would conquer the world.

Answer: (b)

10. She begins her day with a cup of coffee.

(a) Her day is being begun with a cup of coffee.

(b) Her day is begun with a cup of coffee.

(c) A cup of coffee is beginning with her day.

(d) A cup of coffee has begun her day.

Answer: (b)

11. Cacao is bitter when it is tasted.

(a) Cacao is bitter.

(b) Cacao tastes bitter.

(c) Cacao’s taste is bitter.

(d) Cacao tasted bitter.

Answer: (b)

12. A great man acknowledged me as a flatterer to him.

(a) I was acknowledged by a great man to be a flatterer.

(b) I was acknowledged by a great man to have been a flatterer.

(c) I am acknowledged as a flatterer by a great man.

(d) I was acknowledged as a flatterer to a great man.

Answer: (d)

13. Let us help him.

(a) Let him help us.

(b) Let he is helped.

(c) Let he be helped.

(d) Let him be helped by us.

Answer: (d)

14. Can those happy moments be ever forgotten by me?

(a) Shall I ever forget those happy moments?

(b) Can I ever forget those happy moments?

(c) Will I ever forget those happy moments?

(d) Could I ever forget those happy moments?

Answer: (b)

15. You have to do this immediately.

(a) This has been done by you immediately.

(b) This is being done by you immediately.

(c) This was being done by you immediately.

(d) This has to be done by you immediately.

Answer: (d)

16. The labourers were digging a canal.

(a) A canal is being digged by the labourers.

(b) A canal was dug by the labourers.

(c) A canal was being dug by the labourers.

(d) A canal had been dug by the labourers.

Answer: (c)

17. The watchman switched on the lights before it began to grow dark.

(a) The lights were only switched on before it began to grow dark.

(b) The lights are being switched on before it began to grow dark.

(c) The lights were being switched on by the watchman before it began to grow dark.

(d) The lights were switched on by the watchman before it began to grow dark.

Answer: (d)

18. Where do you keep the current magazines?

(a) Where were the current magazines kept?

(b) Where have the current magazines been kept?

(c) Where are the current magazines being kept?

(d) Where are the current magazines kept by you?

Answer: (d)

19. She will be rewarded for her kind deed.

(a) Her kind deed will reward her.

(b) Her kind deed will have rewarded her.

(c) Her kind deed will be her reward.

(d) Her kind deed will have been her reward.

Answer: (a)

20. God gives us happiness.

(a) Happiness is given by God.

(b) Happiness is being given to us by God.

(c) Happiness has been given by God.

(d) Happiness will be given by God.

Answer: (a)