Module: | Advanced Structures (Infinitives & Clauses)
Q76: Consider the following statements regarding sentence transformations:
1. The active sentence "What had they done to ensure the project's success before the official launch?" converts to the passive voice as "What had been done by them to ensure the project's success before the official launch?"
2. The active sentence "Who gave you a lot of money for this retail store?" converts to the passive voice as "By whom were you given a lot of money for this retail store?"
3. The active sentence "Did Manisha plan an adventurous journey to the mountains?" converts to the passive voice as "Has an adventurous journey to the mountains planned by Manisha?"
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
2. The active sentence "Who gave you a lot of money for this retail store?" converts to the passive voice as "By whom were you given a lot of money for this retail store?"
3. The active sentence "Did Manisha plan an adventurous journey to the mountains?" converts to the passive voice as "Has an adventurous journey to the mountains planned by Manisha?"
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
✅ Correct Answer: A
🎯 Quick Answer:
Statements 1 and 2 are highly accurate interrogative transformations. Statement 3 contains a severe tense and structural error.Structural Breakdown: Statement 1 treats "What" as the subject, seamlessly applying the past perfect passive ("had been done"). Statement 2 shifts "Who" to "By whom" and matches the plural auxiliary "were" to the promoted object "you". Historical/Related Context: The "What had they done" question is a direct extraction from the May 2025 memory-based test banks, specifically targeting a candidate's ability to navigate lengthy trailing modifiers ("to ensure... before...") without losing the core verb structure.
Causal Reasoning: Statement 3 is incorrect because it changes the Simple Past active question ("Did... plan") into a Present Perfect passive framework ("Has... planned") while also omitting the mandatory passive base verb "been". The correct simple past conversion is "Was an adventurous journey to the mountains planned by Manisha?"