Module: | Basic Tense Transformations
Q17: Consider the following statements regarding sentence transformations:
1. The active sentence "The giant knocked down the wall of the garden" converts to the passive voice as "The wall of the garden was knocked down by the giant."
2. The active sentence "The committee will look into the matter" converts to the passive voice as "The matter will be looked into by the committee."
3. The active sentence "The cruel boys laughed at the poor beggar" converts to the passive voice as "The poor beggar was laughed by the cruel boys."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
2. The active sentence "The committee will look into the matter" converts to the passive voice as "The matter will be looked into by the committee."
3. The active sentence "The cruel boys laughed at the poor beggar" converts to the passive voice as "The poor beggar was laughed by the cruel boys."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
✅ Correct Answer: A
🎯 Quick Answer:
Statements 1 and 2 correctly apply passive voice transformations. Statement 3 contains an error by dropping a necessary word.Test-takers often intuitively drop the trailing preposition because placing two prepositions back-to-back (e.g., "at by") sounds awkward in spoken English.
Causal Reasoning: Statement 3 is incorrect because the preposition "at" must not be discarded during the transformation.
The original verb is the phrase "laughed at", not just "laughed". The correct passive sentence is "The poor beggar was laughed at by the cruel boys."