English | MCQs

Explanation

Active voice: "Did you catch the fly?" (past simple, interrogative)

Passive voice: Start with "Was" (since "fly" is singular and past tense is used)

"catch" → "caught" (past participle)

Subject "you" comes after "by"

Correct passive voice:

Was the fly caught by you?

Explanation

Tense: Future simple (will buy)

Passive structure: will be + past participle

"buy" → bought (past participle)

Subject "he" → him

Reflexive pronoun remains: for himself

Correct passive voice:

A ticket will be bought by him for himself.

Explanation

Why were your parents disobeyed by you?

In passive voice, the object (your parents) becomes the subject, and the verb adjusts to match the correct tense and structure.

Explanation

The sentence "Wheat was not sold cheap" is in the passive voice.

As the subject (wheat) is receiving the action rather than performing it.

The focus is on the action, not the doer.

Explanation

The chef prepared the meal for the guests.

In the active voice, the subject ("the chef") performs the action.

The focus is on who is doing the action.

Explanation

The book was read by all the students.

In the passive voice, the subject ("the book") receives the action.

The focus is on the action being done rather than who performed it.

Explanation

The sentence should be: "If he had studied harder, he would have passed the exam."

This is a third conditional sentence used for hypothetical situations in the past.

Explanation

I was tired so I didn't go to the office.

میں تھک گیا تھا اس لیے آفس نہیں گیا۔

"So" indicates a cause-and-effect relationship between being tired and the decision not to go to the office.

Explanation

"I don't understand this sentence. What does this word mean?"

مجھے یہ جملہ سمجھ نہیں آیا۔ اس لفظ کا کیا مطلب ہے؟

"Does this word mean" correctly forms a question asking for the definition of the word.

Explanation

• This sentence is a conditional sentence because it expresses a condition (studying hard) and its consequence (passing the exam).
• The "if" clause introduces the condition, and the main clause describes the outcome that would result from that condition.