Module: | Basic Tense Transformations
Q23: Consider the following statements regarding sentence transformations:
1. The active sentence "Nobody listened to his repeated warnings" converts to the passive voice as "His repeated warnings were not listened to."
2. The active sentence "The opposing lawyer objected to the leading question" converts to the passive voice as "The leading question was objected to by the opposing lawyer."
3. The active sentence "We must write to the district magistrate immediately" converts to the passive voice as "The district magistrate must be written immediately."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
2. The active sentence "The opposing lawyer objected to the leading question" converts to the passive voice as "The leading question was objected to by the opposing lawyer."
3. The active sentence "We must write to the district magistrate immediately" converts to the passive voice as "The district magistrate must be written immediately."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
✅ Correct Answer: A
🎯 Quick Answer:
Statements 1 and 2 effectively preserve required prepositions. Statement 3 drops a mandatory preposition, rendering it incorrect.In Statement 2, "objected to" remains intact.
Historical/Related Context: The "Nobody" to "were not" shift is a frequent feature in complex error-spotting.
Test-takers often miss that "Nobody" carries an inherent negative value that must be transferred to the passive auxiliary verb.
Causal Reasoning: Statement 3 is incorrect because the original verb phrase is "write to", indicating the recipient of the correspondence.
In the passive voice, this preposition cannot be discarded.
The correct transformation is "The district magistrate must be written to immediately."