Module: | Basic Tense Transformations
Q4: Consider the following statements regarding sentence transformations:
1. The active sentence "Who wrote this incredible novel?" converts to the passive voice as "By whom was this incredible novel written?"
2. The active sentence "Did you see the latest movie?" converts to the passive voice as "Was the latest movie seen by you?"
3. The active sentence "Why are they laughing at him?" converts to the passive voice as "Why is he being laughed by them?"
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
2. The active sentence "Did you see the latest movie?" converts to the passive voice as "Was the latest movie seen by you?"
3. The active sentence "Why are they laughing at him?" converts to the passive voice as "Why is he being laughed by them?"
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
✅ Correct Answer: A
🎯 Quick Answer:
Statements 1 and 2 are flawlessly converted interrogative sentences. Statement 3 drops a critical preposition.Structural Breakdown: Statement 1 correctly shifts "Who" to "By whom". Statement 2 correctly replaces the auxiliary "Did" with the passive "Was" while keeping the subject-verb inversion.
Historical/Related Context: Interrogative conversions are a staple of moderate-to-hard tier questions in banking PO exams, specifically testing if candidates remember to retain trailing prepositions.
Causal Reasoning: Statement 3 is incorrect because the active verb is a phrasal verb/prepositional pair: "laughing at". When converted to passive, this preposition cannot be dropped.
The correct conversion is "Why is he being laughed at by them?"