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Select the correct passive form: There is no time to lose.

A
There is no time to be lost.
B
No time is there to lose.
C
Time is not to be lost.
D
There is no time losing.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Sentences beginning with 'There + verb + subject + infinitive' change infinitive 'to + V1' into 'to be + V3'.
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Sentence Correction: He was awarded with a gold medal.

A
He was awarded a gold medal.
B
He was been awarded with a gold medal.
C
He is awarded with a gold medal.
D
No correction required.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

The verb 'award' takes two objects and does not require the preposition 'with'.
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Sentence Correction: The job will be complete by tomorrow.

A
The job will be completed by tomorrow.
B
The job will completed by tomorrow.
C
The job would be complete by tomorrow.
D
No correction required.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Passive voice always uses the past participle (V3) form of the main verb (completed).
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Fill in the blank: The meeting ________ due to bad weather.

A
has been postponed
B
has postponed
C
had postponed
D
is postpone

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

The subject 'meeting' is inactive (it doesn't postpone itself), requiring passive voice.
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Select the correct passive form: They have built a perfect dam across the river.

A
A perfect dam has been built across the river.
B
A perfect dam has been built by them across the river.
C
Across the river a perfect dam was built.
D
A perfect dam had been built across the river.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

'Has been built' is the correct tense. 'By them' is usually omitted when the agent is obvious or unimportant.
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Select the correct passive form: Did he plan an excursion?

A
Was an excursion planned by him?
B
Is an excursion planned by him?
C
Did an excursion plan by him?
D
Had an excursion planned by him?

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

'Did' in past simple interrogative changes to 'Was/Were' at the start of the passive sentence.
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Select the correct passive form: I cannot draw this picture.

A
This picture cannot be drawn by me.
B
This picture cannot draw by me.
C
This picture could not be drawn by me.
D
This picture cannot be drew by me.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Modal 'cannot' + V1 changes to 'cannot be' + V3 (drawn).
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Select the correct passive form: Prepare yourself for the worst.

A
Be prepared for the worst.
B
You be prepared for the worst.
C
Let yourself be prepared for the worst.
D
The worst should be prepared for.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Idiomatic imperative phrase; 'Prepare yourself' transitions cleanly to 'Be prepared'.
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Select the correct passive form: One should keep one's word.

A
A word should be kept.
B
Word should be kept.
C
One's word should be kept.
D
Words should be kept.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

The indefinite pronoun 'one' and its possessive 'one's' are omitted. 'Word' in this context is singular/uncountable.
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Select the correct passive form: They say that there are living beings on Mars.

A
It is said that there are living beings on Mars.
B
Living beings are said to be on Mars.
C
Mars is said to have living beings.
D
Both a and b.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: D

Impersonal passive structures can use introductory 'It is said' or promote the subject of the subordinate clause.
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