Module: | Interrogative & Imperative Sentences
Q61: Consider the following statements regarding sentence transformations:
1. The active sentence "They accuse my father of the duplicacy of the agreement files" converts to the passive voice as "My father is accused by them of the duplicacy of the agreement files."
2. The active sentence "The tutor was not teaching the student" converts to the passive voice as "The student was not being taught by the tutor."
3. The passive sentence "The contract was grabbed by the biggest telecom company in India" converts to the active voice as "The biggest telecom company in India grab the contract."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
2. The active sentence "The tutor was not teaching the student" converts to the passive voice as "The student was not being taught by the tutor."
3. The passive sentence "The contract was grabbed by the biggest telecom company in India" converts to the active voice as "The biggest telecom company in India grab the contract."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
✅ Correct Answer: A
🎯 Quick Answer:
Statements 1 and 2 correctly apply prepositional phrasing and negative continuous conversions. Statement 3 commits a tense error during reversal.Structural Breakdown: Statement 1 retains the preposition "of" after the passive verb "is accused". Statement 2 correctly places "not" between the primary auxiliary "was" and the continuous marker "being". Historical/Related Context: Preposition retention is a recurring theme.
Examiners frequently present options like "My father is accused by them for..." to trick candidates who rely on conversational English rather than strict grammatical pairings.
Causal Reasoning: Statement 3 is incorrect because the original passive sentence is in the Simple Past tense ("was grabbed"). The proposed active conversion changes the verb to the present tense ("grab"). The correct active reversal must maintain the past tense: "The biggest telecom company in India grabbed the contract."