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Question 101 Discuss
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Select the correct passive form: We shall discuss the matter tomorrow.

A
The matter will be discussed tomorrow.
B
The matter shall be discussed tomorrow.
C
The matter is discussed tomorrow.
D
The matter will discuss tomorrow.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

With third-person subjects ('the matter'), 'will' is preferred over 'shall' in modern English future passive.
Question 102 Discuss
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Select the correct passive form: Who gave you the job?

A
By whom you were given the job?
B
By whom were you given the job?
C
Who was given the job by you?
D
By who were you given the job?

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

Interrogative sentences starting with 'Who' change to 'By whom' followed by the helping verb (were) before the subject (you).
Question 103 Discuss
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Select the correct passive form: Are you writing a letter?

A
Is a letter being written by you?
B
Was a letter being written by you?
C
Are a letter being written by you?
D
Has a letter been written by you?

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Present continuous interrogative uses 'Is/Are/Am + object + being + V3'. Since 'a letter' is singular, 'Is' is used.
Question 104 Discuss
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Select the correct passive form: Have they finished the work?

A
Have the work been finished by them?
B
Has the work been finished by them?
C
Is the work finished by them?
D
Had the work been finished by them?

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

Present perfect interrogative uses 'Has/Have + object + been + V3'. 'The work' takes 'Has'.
Question 105 Discuss
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Select the correct passive form: Why did they pull down the building?

A
Why had the building been pulled down?
B
Why did the building pull down?
C
Why was the building pulled down by them?
D
Why is the building pulled down by them?

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: C

Past simple 'did' changes to 'was/were' in passive voice. Phrasal verb 'pull down' remains intact.
Question 106 Discuss
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Select the correct passive form: How many candidates did he interview?

A
How many candidates are interviewed by him?
B
How many candidates were interviewed by him?
C
How many candidates had been interviewed by him?
D
How many candidates was interviewed by him?

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

The question word phrase 'How many candidates' acts as a plural subject, so it takes 'were' in past simple passive.
Question 107 Discuss
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Select the correct active form: By whom is that noise being made?

A
Who is making that noise?
B
Whom is making that noise?
C
Who makes that noise?
D
Who has made that noise?

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Present continuous passive 'is being made' reverts to active 'is making'. 'By whom' reverts to 'Who'.
Question 108 Discuss
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Select the correct active form: By what were you amused?

A
What amuses you?
B
What amused you?
C
By what amused you?
D
What had amused you?

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

Past simple passive 'were amused' translates back to the past simple active 'amused'.
Question 109 Discuss
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Select the correct active form: Which book was purchased by you?

A
Which book do you purchase?
B
Which book did you purchase?
C
Which book you purchased?
D
Which book had you purchased?

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

'Was purchased' indicates simple past, which requires the auxiliary 'did' in an active interrogative sentence.
Question 110 Discuss
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Select the correct active form: Will the letter have been written by him?

A
Will he write the letter?
B
Would he have written the letter?
C
Will he have written the letter?
D
Will he be writing the letter?

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: C

Future perfect passive 'will have been written' corresponds to future perfect active 'will have written'.
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