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Select the correct passive form: They are tearing down the old monument.

A
The old monument is torn down.
B
The old monument is being torn down.
C
The old monument was being torn down.
D
The old monument has been torn down.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

Present continuous changes to 'is being + V3'. V3 of tear is 'torn'.
Question 122 Discuss
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Select the correct passive form: I am to do it.

A
It is to be done by me.
B
It was to be done by me.
C
It has to be done by me.
D
It should be done by me.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

'Am/is/are + to + V1' changes to 'Am/is/are + to be + V3'.
Question 123 Discuss
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Select the correct passive form: He wants someone to take photographs.

A
He wants photographs to take.
B
He wants photographs taken.
C
He wants photographs to be taken.
D
He wants someone taking photographs.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: C

Infinitive passive construction: 'to take' becomes 'to be taken'.
Question 124 Discuss
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Select the correct passive form: There are six letters to write.

A
There are six letters written.
B
There are six letters to be written.
C
Six letters are there to write.
D
Six letters are to be written by there.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

When a sentence starts with 'There', the infinitive 'to write' simply changes to 'to be written'.
Question 125 Discuss
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Select the correct passive form: Women like men to praise them.

A
Women like to be praised by men.
B
Men are liked by women to praise them.
C
Women like that men praise them.
D
Women like men praising them.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Verbs expressing desire (like, want) followed by an object + infinitive change to 'like + to be + V3 + by object'.
Question 126 Discuss
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Select the correct active form: He ought to have been helped by you.

A
You ought to help him.
B
You ought have helped him.
C
You ought to have helped him.
D
You should have helped him.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: C

Perfect modal passive 'ought to have been + V3' reverts to 'ought to have + V3'.
Question 127 Discuss
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Select the correct active form: The game might have been won by us.

A
We might win the game.
B
We might have won the game.
C
We might had won the game.
D
We may have won the game.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

Perfect modal passive 'might have been won' translates to active 'might have won'.
Question 128 Discuss
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Select the correct active form: The disaster could not have been anticipated.

A
Nobody could anticipate the disaster.
B
Nobody could have anticipated the disaster.
C
Anyone could not have anticipated the disaster.
D
Someone could not have anticipated the disaster.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

A negative passive without an explicit agent usually implies 'nobody/none' in the active form for elegance.
Question 129 Discuss
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Select the correct passive form: You must write the answers in ink.

A
The answers must be written in ink.
B
The answers must write in ink.
C
In ink the answers must be written.
D
The answers are to be written in ink.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Modal 'must' changes to 'must be + V3'. Prepositional phrase 'in ink' stays at the end.
Question 130 Discuss
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Select the correct passive form: One should not mock the disabled.

A
The disabled should not be mocked by one.
B
The disabled should not mock.
C
The disabled should not be mocked.
D
The disabled are not to be mocked.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: C

The vague pronoun 'one' is omitted in passive voice. Modal 'should not' becomes 'should not be + V3'.
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