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Question 191 Discuss
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Phrase Replacement: He **was been elected** as the chairman.

A
had been elected
B
was elected
C
is been elected
D
Both a and b can be correct.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: D

'Was been' is grammatically incorrect. Depending on context, simple past 'was elected' or past perfect 'had been elected' work.
Question 192 Discuss
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Select the correct active form: A terrible mistake seems to have been made.

A
Someone seems to make a terrible mistake.
B
Someone seems to have made a terrible mistake.
C
It seems that a terrible mistake has made.
D
Someone seemed to make a terrible mistake.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

Perfect infinitive passive ('to have been made') changes to perfect infinitive active ('to have made').
Question 193 Discuss
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Select the correct active form: Do not let the truth be hidden.

A
Hide not the truth.
B
Do not hide the truth.
C
Let the truth not hide.
D
The truth should not hide.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

A negative imperative passive 'Do not let + object + be + V3' simplifies to standard negative active imperative 'Do not + V1 + object'.
Question 194 Discuss
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Select the correct active form: You are supposed to make tea.

A
It is your duty to make tea.
B
Make tea.
C
You must make tea.
D
You should make tea.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

'You are supposed to' corresponds functionally to active structures denoting duty or expectation like 'It is your duty to'.
Question 195 Discuss
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Select the correct passive form: The noise of the traffic kept me awake.

A
I was kept awake by the noise of the traffic.
B
I am kept awake by the noise of the traffic.
C
Awake was kept me by the noise of the traffic.
D
I had been kept awake by the noise of the traffic.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Past simple tense. 'Kept' changes to 'was kept'. Object complement 'awake' stays next to the verb.
Question 196 Discuss
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Select the correct passive form: Nobody told me that George was ill.

A
I was told by nobody that George was ill.
B
I was not told that George was ill.
C
That George was ill was not told to me.
D
Both b and c are correct.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: D

Sentences with 'nobody' change the passive verb to negative. Both direct object and clause object transformations are valid.
Question 197 Discuss
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Select the correct active form: Why should I be insulted by you?

A
Why should you insult me?
B
Why do you insult me?
C
Why would you insult me?
D
Why should you be insulting me?

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Modal 'should + be + V3' reverts to 'should + V1' in the active interrogative.
Question 198 Discuss
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Select the correct passive form: They are going to build a new airport near the old one.

A
A new airport is going to be built near the old one.
B
A new airport will be built near the old one.
C
A new airport is being built near the old one.
D
Near the old one a new airport is going to build.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

'Is going to + V1' changes to 'Is going to be + V3'.
Question 199 Discuss
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Select the correct passive form: The fire damaged the roof.

A
The roof had been damaged by the fire.
B
The roof was damaged by the fire.
C
The roof is damaged by the fire.
D
The roof was being damaged by the fire.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

Simple past active 'damaged' changes to simple past passive 'was damaged'.
Question 200 Discuss
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Select the correct active form: Was the window broken by you?

A
Did you break the window?
B
Do you break the window?
C
Have you broken the window?
D
Had you broken the window?

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Past simple interrogative passive starts with 'Was/Were'. Its active counterpart starts with 'Did'.
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