Grammar: SSC CGL Practice Questions

Ans: C

Explanation: The active voice emphasizes the subject performing the action. The original sentence is in passive voice (“The project should be completed”). To change it to active voice, the subject (“the team”) needs to perform the action (“complete”). Option D correctly reflects this, stating “The team should complete the project.” Option A uses the continuous tense, which isn’t the best fit. Option B, while grammatically correct, is still passive voice. Option C just rephrases the passive voice sentence.

Ans: C

Explanation: The original sentence is in the active voice. To change it to the passive voice, we need to switch the subject and the object. The object of the original sentence (“the employees”) becomes the subject of the passive sentence. The verb “motivated” needs to be changed to “were motivated” (because employees is plural). The original subject (“the company’s success”) becomes the object of the preposition “by”.

Ans: A

Explanation: The active voice sentence “The company will announce the results tomorrow” needs to be converted into passive voice. In the passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject, and the subject becomes the agent. The tense is also maintained. The future tense ‘will announce’ becomes ‘will be announced’. Option D correctly follows these rules.

Ans: B

Explanation: The active voice sentence is “Someone must clean the office every day.” To convert this to the passive voice, we need to focus on the object (“the office”) and the verb (“clean”). The modal verb “must” stays the same, and the verb “clean” becomes “be cleaned.” The subject “someone” can be implied or omitted. The correct passive voice version is “The office must be cleaned every day.”

Ans: A

Explanation: The original sentence states the audit committee reviewed the annual report. We need to identify the sentence that has the same meaning.
Option A is incorrect because it implies the annual report is doing the reviewing which is wrong.
Option B is also incorrect because it implies the audit report is doing the reviewing, which is also incorrect, and it uses terms that don’t fit.
Option C incorrectly implies the annual report is reviewing the audit committee.
Option D is the best answer, It is the exact meaning of the question

Ans: B

Explanation: The original sentence is in the present perfect active voice. To find the correct answer we need to determine which sentence correctly uses the present perfect tense and is passive voice. The active voice and the passive voice are both gramatically correct, and we have to determine which option is the correct passive voice.

* A is present tense and active voice.
* B is a question and is in passive voice
* C is an incorrect sentence.
* D is a correct passive voice sentence.

Ans: D

Explanation: The original sentence is in the future tense. Option A is in the past tense, option B is a question about the future, option C is a gerund phrase, and option D is in the future passive voice. Since the original statement predicts the future, the most logical answer is in the future tense, or a question about the future. Option A is the only correct answer.

Ans: C

Explanation: The original sentence is in the future tense and active voice. Option A is in the past tense, option B is nonsensical, option C is in the present continuous tense. Option D is in the future tense, passive voice, which is the most accurate transformation.

Ans: D

Explanation: The original sentence is in active voice. The question is testing the ability to transform it into the passive voice, and also to keep the meaning of the sentence the same. Option A changes the meaning (the guests are doing the cooking). Option B just slightly rephrases the original, which is not what the passive transformation needs. Option C is active voice. Option D correctly transforms the sentence into the passive voice while maintaining the original meaning.

Ans: B

Explanation: The original sentence states a future action. Option A is a present tense statement and doesn’t fit. Option B reverses the subject and object, changing the meaning. Option C is a continuous tense statement. Option D is a passive voice statement of the original sentence. Option D is closest in meaning to the original sentence.

Ans: D

Explanation: The passive voice switches the subject and object of a sentence. In the active voice, the subject performs the action. In the passive voice, the subject receives the action. “The company is building a new headquarters” is in the active voice. To change it to passive, the object “a new headquarters” becomes the subject, the verb “is building” changes to “is being built,” and the subject “the company” is introduced with “by.”

Ans: A

Explanation: The original sentence is in the future tense and active voice. Option A maintains the future tense and active voice, using the continuous form. Option B changes the voice to passive. Option C changes the tense to past. Option D changes the voice to passive. Option D is grammatically correct and most closely reflects the original meaning. While Option A is also correct, Option D is a more formal and common way to phrase it.

Ans: D

Explanation: The original sentence is in the active voice. The question is asking for the passive voice. The best way to rephrase the sentence in the passive voice is to make the object of the active sentence (him) the subject of the passive sentence. Option D correctly transforms the sentence into the passive voice while maintaining the original meaning.

Ans: A

Explanation: The original sentence is in the active voice. The correct answer should be a passive voice transformation that maintains the meaning. Option D correctly transforms the sentence to passive voice while maintaining the meaning of the original sentence. Option A and B are grammatically incorrect or change the meaning. Option C also changes the meaning.

Ans: A

Explanation: The original sentence is in the passive voice. The best way to make it active voice is to move the subject to the beginning and the object to the end. The adverb “quickly” modifies the verb “ate” and should be placed after the verb or after the object.

Ans: D

Explanation: The original sentence is in the passive voice. Option D is the only one that correctly rephrases the sentence in the active voice while maintaining the original meaning.

Ans: C

Explanation: The original sentence is in the active voice. To convert it to the passive voice, the object “him” becomes the subject, and the subject “students” becomes the agent. The verb “have elected” changes to “has been elected” or “were elected” to match the subject. Option D correctly reflects this transformation.

Ans: B

Explanation: The original sentence is a statement of a universal truth or scientific fact. When reporting such a statement in indirect speech, the tense of the verb in the reported clause (the part about the Earth) generally doesn’t change. Therefore, “revolves” is maintained. Also, we use “that” to introduce the reported clause.

Ans: C

Explanation: The original sentence is in passive voice. To convert it to active voice, we need to identify the subject (the boys) and the object (the football match). The active voice sentence should have the subject performing the action on the object. The passive voice “was being watched” translates to the active voice “were watching”.
Correct Option: C