Module: | Advanced Structures (Infinitives & Clauses)
Q91: Consider the following statements regarding sentence transformations:
1. The active sentence "I saw the blind man crossing the busy street" converts to the passive voice as "The blind man was seen crossing the busy street by me."
2. The active sentence "The strict teacher made the students rewrite the essay" converts to the passive voice as "The students were made to rewrite the essay by the strict teacher."
3. The active sentence "We heard the fire alarm ringing loudly" converts to the passive voice as "The fire alarm was being heard ringing loudly by us."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
2. The active sentence "The strict teacher made the students rewrite the essay" converts to the passive voice as "The students were made to rewrite the essay by the strict teacher."
3. The active sentence "We heard the fire alarm ringing loudly" converts to the passive voice as "The fire alarm was being heard ringing loudly by us."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
✅ Correct Answer: A
🎯 Quick Answer:
Statements 1 and 2 accurately handle sensory verbs and causative verbs. Statement 3 forces an invalid continuous passive onto a sensory verb.Structural Breakdown: Statement 1 correctly shifts the main verb to passive ("was seen") while leaving the participle ("crossing") intact.
Statement 2 successfully forces the causative bare infinitive ("rewrite") into a full infinitive ("to rewrite") in the passive.
Historical/Related Context: The transition from a bare infinitive to a full infinitive after the verb "make" is one of the most frequently tested causative rules in the SSC syllabus from 2023 to 2026.
Causal Reasoning: Statement 3 is incorrect because sensory verbs denoting spontaneous perception (like "hear" or "see") are generally not used in the continuous tense in formal grammar.
Applying "was being heard" is structurally clumsy and grammatically rejected.
The correct conversion is "The fire alarm was heard ringing loudly by us."