Module: | Interrogative & Imperative Sentences
Q56: Consider the following statements regarding sentence transformations:
1. The active sentence "Next Sunday, the entire nation will light lamps at 8.00 pm" converts to the passive voice as "Lamps will be lit by the entire nation at 8.00 pm next Sunday."
2. The active sentence "Debit cards are replacing cash transactions" converts to the passive voice as "Cash transactions are being replaced by debit cards."
3. The active sentence "She plucks flowers from the garden every day" converts to the passive voice as "Flowers have been plucked by her from the garden every day."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
2. The active sentence "Debit cards are replacing cash transactions" converts to the passive voice as "Cash transactions are being replaced by debit cards."
3. The active sentence "She plucks flowers from the garden every day" converts to the passive voice as "Flowers have been plucked by her from the garden every day."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
✅ Correct Answer: A
🎯 Quick Answer:
Statements 1 and 2 are accurate voice shifts managing time expressions and continuous tenses. Statement 3 constitutes a complete tense failure.Structural Breakdown: Statement 1 elegantly shifts the time expressions ("at 8.00 pm next Sunday") to the end of the sentence to allow the primary subject-verb-object relationship to remain unbroken.
Statement 2 is a flawless present continuous shift.
Historical/Related Context: The "lighting lamps" sentence is a historical exam question that tests whether candidates know how to cleanly handle multiple prepositional phrases denoting time and place in a single sentence.
Causal Reasoning: Statement 3 is incorrect because it shifts the Simple Present active sentence ("plucks") into the Present Perfect passive ("have been plucked"). Voice rules forbid changing the timeline.
The correct conversion is "Flowers are plucked by her from the garden every day."