Q. The passive of an active tense is formed by inserting the verb ‘to be’ into the same tense as the active verb and adding the past participle of the active verb.

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Q. Convert the following sentence in active voice to passive voice :

He is writing the book.

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Q. Auxiliary + infinitive combinations are made passive by using a passive infinitive.

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Q. Verbs of which of these do not form their passive with the passive infinitive?

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Q. Verbs of which of these form their passive by using the passive form of the main verb.

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Q. Convert the following active form to passive form :

I was determined to mortgage the car.

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Q. Which of these is not an use of the passive voice?

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Q. Which of these is not a part of speech?

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Q. In the following sentence, replace the verb by a noun :

He fought bravely.

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Q. In the following sentence, replace the adverb with a noun:

He watched the girl carefully.

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Q. Indirect speech is when one quotes the exact words spoken by a speaker.

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Q. Indirect speech is also called as :

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Q. While converting direct speech to indirect, simple present becomes a simple past.

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Q. Convert the following direct speech to indirect :

She said, “My mother is cooking food.”

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Q. Change the speech for the following statement :

She said, “The man died in the afternoon.”

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Q. Convert the following statement in direct speech to indirect :

He said to me, “I don’t believe you.”

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Q. Change the speech in the following sentence :

She says, “I am happy to be here this evening.”

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Q. Change the direct speech to indirect :

He said to me, “Where is Neha?”

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Q. Convert the following direct speech to indirect :

Vineet said to Nitin, “ Go away.”

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Q. Convert the following direct speech to indirect:

She said, “Alas ! I have failed.”

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