TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES (ACTIVE/PASSIVE)
133. Rosemary was moved to tears            (2) A serious forest fire was          (2) All other work had stopped
     at the sight of the miserable              caused by lightning and                by us to complete our as-
     beggar.                                    many houses are damaged.               signment.
     (1) The sight of the miserable         (3) A serious forest fire had          (3) All other work had to be
          beggar moved Rosemary to              been caused by lightning               stopped by us to complete
          tears.                                and many nearby houses                 our assignment.
     (2) The sight of the miserable             had been damaged.                  (4) All other work was stopped
          beggar has moved Rosemary         (4) A serious forest fire was              by us to complete our as-
          to tears.                             caused by lightning and                signment.
     (3) The sight of the miserable             many nearby houses were
                                                                              144. Gandhiji started the Quit India
          beggar moves Rosemary to              damaged.                           Movement in 1942.
          tears.                       139. Today I accomplished my task           (1) The Quit India Movement
     (4) The sight of the miserable         successfully.                              was started by Gandhiji in
          beggar had moved Rose-            (1) Today my task is accom-                1942.
          mary to tears.                        plished successfully.              (2) The Quit India Movement
134. Could you pass the salt ?              (2) Today my task has been                 was been started by Gan-
     (1) Could the salt been passed ?           accomplished successfully.             dhiji in 1942.
     (2) Could the salt be passed by        (3) Today my task accomplished         (3) The Quit India Movement
          anyone ?                              successfully.                          had been started by Gandhiji
     (3) Could the salt be past ?           (4) Today my task was accom-               in 1942.
     (4) Could the salt be passed ?             plished successfully.              (4) The Quit India Movement
135. Don’t subject the animals to cru- 140. Look ! They have painted the               started by Gandhiji in 1942.
     elty.                                  door.                             145. One should avoid honking the
     (1) The animals are not to be          (1) Look ! The door’s being            horn unnecessarily.
          subjected to cruelty.                 painted.
                                                                                   (1) Unnecessary honking of
     (2) The animals shall not be           (2) Look ! The door had been               horn ought to be avoided.
          subjected to cruelty.                 painted.
     (3) The animals will not be sub-                                              (2) Unnecessary honking of
                                            (3) Look ! The door has been               horn can be avoided.
          jected to cruelty.                    painted.
     (4) The animals should not be                                                 (3) Unnecessary honking of
                                            (4) Look ! The door was paint-
          subjected to cruelty.                                                        horn should be avoided.
                                                ed.
136. Who asked you to draft this let-                                              (4) Unnecessary honking of
                                       141. She was advised 15 days’ rest              horn must be avoided.
     ter ?                                  after her surgery.
     (1) By who you are asked to                                              146. Gagan Narang and Vijay won
                                            (1) The doctor was advised her
          draft this letter.                                                       bronze medals in the London
                                                15 days’ rest after her sur-
     (2) By who have you been                                                      Olympics.
                                                gery.
          asked to draft this letter.                                              (1) Bronz e medals won by
                                            (2) The doctor has advised her
     (3) By whom were you asked to                                                     Gagan Narang and Vijay in
                                                15 days’ rest after her sur-
          draft this letter ?                                                          the London Olympics.
                                                gery.
     (4) By whom you were asked to                                                 (2) Bronze medals had been
                                            (3) The doctor advised her 15
          draft this letter.                    days’ rest after her surgery.          won by Gagan Narang and
137. They created such a fuss over a                                                   Vijay in the London Olym-
                                            (4) The doctor had advised her
     trivial matter.                                                                   pics
                                                15 days’ rest after her sur-
     (1) Such a fuss is being creat-                                               (3) Bronze medals were won by
                                                gery.
          ed over a trivial matter.                                                    Gagan Narang and Vijay in
                                       142. When did he return my books?               the London Olympics.
     (2) Such a fuss was created
                                            (1) When were my books re-
          over a trivial matter.                                                   (4) Bronze medals have been
                                                turned by him ?
     (3) Such a fuss has been creat-                                                   won by Gagan Narang and
          ed over a trivial matter.         (2) When- will my books be re-             Vijay in the London Olym-
                                                turned by him ?
     (4) By them such a fuss has                                                       pics.
          been created over a trivial       (3) When has he returned my
                                                                              147. The modern means of commu-
                                                books ?
          matter.                                                                  nication have made life so much
                                            (4) When are my books re-
138. The lightning caused a serious                                                easier.
     forest fire and damaged many               turned by him ?
                                                                                   (1) Life had been made so much
     nearby houses.                    143. We had to stop all other work to           easier by the modern means
     (1) A serious forest fire has          complete our assignment.                   of communication.
          been caused by lightning          (1) All other work has to be           (2) Life is being so much easier
          and many nearby houses                stopped by us to complete              by the modern means of
          have been damaged.                    our assignment.                        communication.
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