Module: | Interrogative & Imperative Sentences
Q51: Consider the following statements regarding sentence transformations:
1. The active sentence "I would like someone to assist him" converts to the passive voice as "I would like him to be assisted."
2. The active sentence "We expect you to have finished the report by noon" converts to the passive voice as "You are expected to have finished the report by noon."
3. The active sentence "They claim to have captured the spy" converts to the passive voice as "The spy is claimed to have captured."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
2. The active sentence "We expect you to have finished the report by noon" converts to the passive voice as "You are expected to have finished the report by noon."
3. The active sentence "They claim to have captured the spy" converts to the passive voice as "The spy is claimed to have captured."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
✅ Correct Answer: A
🎯 Quick Answer:
Statements 1 and 2 correctly execute transformations involving active infinitives embedded in desire or expectation clauses. Statement 3 fails to apply the passive perfect infinitive.Structural Breakdown: Statement 1 shifts "to assist" to "to be assisted". Statement 2 promotes the object "you" to the main subject while keeping the perfect infinitive intact.
Historical/Related Context: Infinitive anomalies like "would like" and "expect to have" are Tier 2 level questions.
They appeared verbatim in the memory-based collections of March 2026 practice sets for SBI PO.
Causal Reasoning: Statement 3 is incorrect because "to have captured" is an active perfect infinitive.
To make it passive, it must be converted to "to have been captured." The correct sentence is "The spy is claimed to have been captured."