Module: | Advanced Structures (Infinitives & Clauses)
Q82: Consider the following statements regarding sentence transformations:
1. The active sentence "They had been making the staff report discrepancies silently" converts to the passive voice as "The staff had been made to report discrepancies silently."
2. The active sentence "The company denied the allegation that the system had been hacked" converts to the passive voice as "The allegation that the system had been hacked was denied by the company."
3. The active sentence "He will submit the report by Friday" converts to the passive voice as "The report is submitted by him by Friday."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
2. The active sentence "The company denied the allegation that the system had been hacked" converts to the passive voice as "The allegation that the system had been hacked was denied by the company."
3. The active sentence "He will submit the report by Friday" converts to the passive voice as "The report is submitted by him by Friday."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
✅ Correct Answer: A
🎯 Quick Answer:
Statements 1 and 2 successfully process causative continuous verbs and subordinate noun clauses. Statement 3 commits a basic tense violation.Structural Breakdown: Statement 1 accurately promotes the object "the staff" and changes the causative bare infinitive "report" into the full infinitive "to report" in the passive.
Statement 2 isolates the main clause ("The company denied the allegation") and converts it passively, leaving the already-passive subordinate clause ("had been hacked") untouched.
Historical/Related Context: The causative continuous shift in Statement 1 is exceptionally rare but actively tested in advanced Bank PO mains to see if candidates can juggle both the continuous auxiliary and the causative infinitive rule simultaneously.
Causal Reasoning: Statement 3 is incorrect because it converts a Future Simple active sentence ("will submit") into a Present Simple passive sentence ("is submitted"). Tense cannot be altered during voice shifts.
The correct conversion is "The report will be submitted by him by Friday."