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SSC CGL Passive Voice — practice questions — page 2

Explore 43 free Passive Voice questions in SSC CGL English. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

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In Tom was given a bag, which object became the subject?Read the answer and worked solution →Sue was operated on shows aRead the answer and worked solution →I would have got injured if I had stayed is a passive of which kind?Read the answer and worked solution →Having been humiliated, he left the stage uses aRead the answer and worked solution →Passive of: They think that I am dying.Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the acceptable passive of: Someone has put a child in this bunk?Read the answer and worked solution →When a clause becomes passive, the original direct object isRead the answer and worked solution →Passive of: Have you seen it? is best formed with which participle?Read the answer and worked solution →Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 is a passive sentence thatRead the answer and worked solution →English expresses the passive with an auxiliary verb, so it isRead the answer and worked solution →The vase got broken during the fight is an example of aRead the answer and worked solution →In We were given tickets, the subject we matches which active element?Read the answer and worked solution →Adversative passives suggest that someone wasRead the answer and worked solution →

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In Tom was given a bag, which object became the subject?

  1. The direct object
  2. Object of a preposition
  3. The indirect object
  4. Subject complement
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Correct answer: C. The indirect object

Tom is the recipient, so the indirect object was promoted and a bag stayed in place.

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Sue was operated on shows a

  1. Stranded preposition
  2. Missing main verb
  3. Bare infinitive
  4. Dangling participle
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Correct answer: A. Stranded preposition

The complement of on was promoted to subject, so the preposition is left without an object.

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I would have got injured if I had stayed is a passive of which kind?

  1. Future perfect with be
  2. Conditional perfect with get
  3. Simple past with be
  4. Present progressive with get
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Correct answer: B. Conditional perfect with get

Would have got plus a participle is a conditional perfect built with get.

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