1. Active: Rice sells cheap. Passive?
a)
Rice is sold cheap.
b)
Rice is cheap when it is sold.
c)
Rice has been sold cheap.
d)
Rice is being sold cheap.
Answer:
Rice is cheap when it is sold.
2. Active: Panic seized the writer. Passive?
a)
The writer was seized by panic.
b)
The writer was seized with panic.
c)
The writer was seized in panic.
d)
The writer had been seized by panic.
Answer:
The writer was seized with panic.
3. Active: Do it at once. Passive?
a)
Let it be done at once.
b)
Let it do at once.
c)
Let done it at once.
d)
You are requested to do it.
Answer:
Let it be done at once.
4. Active: Who is calling me? Passive?
a)
By whom am I called?
b)
By whom I am being called?
c)
By whom am I being called?
d)
Whom am I being called by?
Answer:
By whom am I being called?
5. Active: He pleases us. Passive?
a)
We are pleased by him.
b)
We are pleased with him.
c)
We are pleased at him.
d)
We were pleased with him.
Answer:
We are pleased with him.
6. Active: Never tell a lie. Passive?
a)
Let a lie be never told.
b)
Let not a lie ever be told.
c)
Let a lie never told.
d)
Let not a lie be never told.
Answer:
Let not a lie ever be told.
7. Active: One should keep one's promise. Passive?
a)
A promise should be kept by one.
b)
One's promise should be kept.
c)
A promise should be kept.
d)
A promise should keep.
Answer:
A promise should be kept.
8. Active: Fire burnt the house. Passive?
a)
The house was burnt by fire.
b)
The house was burnt with fire.
c)
The house is burnt by fire.
d)
The house has been burnt by fire.
Answer:
The house was burnt by fire.
9. Active: I know him. Passive?
a)
He is known by me.
b)
He is known to me.
c)
He was known to me.
d)
He is known with me.
Answer:
He is known to me.
10. Active: Honey tastes sweet. Passive?
a)
Honey is sweet when it is tasted.
b)
Honey is tasted sweet.
c)
Honey is sweet when it tasted.
d)
Honey was sweet when it is tasted.
Answer:
Honey is sweet when it is tasted.
11. Direct: He said, "I am unwell." Indirect?
a)
He said that he is unwell.
b)
He said that he was unwell.
c)
He said that I was unwell.
d)
He told that he was unwell.
Answer:
He said that he was unwell.
12. Direct: He said to me, "What are you doing?" Indirect?
a)
He asked me what I was doing.
b)
He told me what I was doing.
c)
He asked me what was I doing.
d)
He asked me what am I doing.
Answer:
He asked me what I was doing.
13. Direct: The teacher said, "The earth moves round the sun." Indirect?
a)
The teacher said that the earth moved round the sun.
b)
The teacher said that the earth moves round the sun.
c)
The teacher told that the earth moves round the sun.
d)
The teacher asked if the earth moves round the sun.
Answer:
The teacher said that the earth moves round the sun.
14. Direct: Father said to me, "Do not run in the sun." Indirect?
a)
Father told me not to run in the sun.
b)
Father advised me not to run in the sun.
c)
Father forbade me to run in the sun.
d)
খ এবং গ উভয়ই সঠিক।
Answer:
খ এবং গ উভয়ই সঠিক।
15. Direct: He said, "Alas! I am undone." Indirect?
a)
He exclaimed with sorrow that he was undone.
b)
He exclaimed with sorrow that I was undone.
c)
He said with sorrow that he is undone.
d)
He cried out that he was undone.
Answer:
He exclaimed with sorrow that he was undone.
16. Direct: He said to me, "May you be happy." Indirect?
a)
He wished that I might be happy.
b)
He prayed that I might be happy.
c)
He told me that I might be happy.
d)
He wished me that you might be happy.
Answer:
He wished that I might be happy.
17. Direct: "Let us go out for a walk," said Rahim. Indirect?
a)
Rahim suggested that we should go out for a walk.
b)
Rahim proposed that they should go out for a walk.
c)
Rahim told that they should go out for a walk.
d)
Rahim proposed to go out for a walk.
Answer:
Rahim proposed that they should go out for a walk.
18. Direct: She said, "Let me come in." Indirect?
a)
She requested that she might be allowed to come in.
b)
She said that she might be allowed to come in.
c)
She asked to come in.
d)
She proposed that she should come in.
Answer:
She requested that she might be allowed to come in.
19. Direct: He said, "Good morning, my friends." Indirect?
a)
He wished his friends good morning.
b)
He said good morning to his friends.
c)
He told his friends good morning.
d)
He wished that his friends good morning.
Answer:
He wished his friends good morning.
20. Direct: He said, "I came here yesterday." Indirect?
a)
He said that he had come there the previous day.
b)
He said that he came there the previous day.
c)
He said that he had come here yesterday.
d)
He told that he had gone there the previous day.
Answer:
He said that he had come there the previous day.