Choose the correct active voice of: 'The lawn needs mowing.' MCQ with Answer and Explanation

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Choose the correct active voice of: 'The lawn needs mowing.'

A. You need to mow the lawn.

B. The lawn needs to be mowed.

C. Mowing needs the lawn.

D. Both A and B.

Answer: Option D

Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)

'Needs mowing' (active form, passive meaning) can be changed to 'needs to be mowed' or active 'You need to mow the lawn'.

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We hope that they will win the match.

A. That they will win the match is hoped.

B. It is hoped that they will win the match.

C. They are hoped to win the match.

D. It was hoped that they will win the match.

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Impersonal: We hope → It is hoped.

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A. The door was being left open.

B. The door was left open.

C. The door had been left open.

D. The door is left open.

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Explanation:
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Choose the correct active voice of: 'The old man was run over by a bus.'

A. A bus ran over the old man.

B. A bus had run over the old man.

C. A bus was running over the old man.

D. A bus runs over the old man.

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Correct Answer: Option A

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