Choose the correct active voice of: 'The students were given a holiday.' MCQ with Answer and Explanation

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Choose the correct active voice of: 'The students were given a holiday.'

A. They were giving the students a holiday.

B. They had given the students a holiday.

C. They give the students a holiday.

D. They gave the students a holiday.

Answer: Option D

Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)

Simple past passive 'were given' → active 'They gave the students a holiday'.

This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice

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Select the correct passive voice of: 'The coffee is too hot to drink.'

A. The coffee is too hot to be drunk.

B. The coffee is too hot for drinking.

C. Drinking the coffee is too hot.

D. To drink the coffee is too hot.

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
'Too...to' active infinitive can be changed to passive infinitive: 'too hot to be drunk'.

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Select the correct passive voice of: 'The boys were flying kites.'

A. Kites were being flew by the boys.

B. Kites were being flown by the boys.

C. Kites were flown by the boys.

D. Kites had been flown by the boys.

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Past continuous: Object + was/were + being + past participle + by + subject. 'fly' → 'flown'.

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Question #3

Choose the correct active voice of: 'The glass had been broken before we arrived.'

A. Someone had broken the glass before we arrived.

B. Someone broke the glass before we arrived.

C. Someone has broken the glass before we arrived.

D. Someone was breaking the glass before we arrived.

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past perfect passive 'had been broken' → active 'Someone had broken the glass'.

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