81. Choose the correct passive voice sentence : 'Who taught you English
(1) English was taught to you by whom ?
12) By whom were you taught English ?
(3) You were taught English by whom?
(4) By whom English was taught to you?
82. Fill in the blank with appropriate following word. We waited in traf-
fic for a long time for the .................... of the minister's cars to pass'.
(1) group
(2) convoy
(4) crowd
(3) stack
83. Which one among the given pairs is not an example of homophone ?
(2) air-hair
(1) flour -flower
(4) ideal-idol
(3) rye-wry
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Answers
Answer :
81. The given sentence is in active voice.
Active Voice : Who taught you English ?
Active voice is defined as the sentence in which the subject of the sentence performs the action described by the verb and/or the verb form clearly demonstrates this relationship.
The given sentence, when converted to passive voice, is :
(1) Passive Voice : English was taught to you by whom ?
Passive voice is defined as the sentence in which the subject of the sentence receives the action described by the verb and/or the verb form clearly demonstrates this relationship.
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82. Collective nouns are those nouns that are used to describe a group of things, people, animals etc as a single unit.
The correct sentence is :
(2) We waited in traffic for a long time for the convoy of the minister's cars to pass.
The word 'convoy' is a collective noun for a group of vehicles.
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83. Homophones are defined as words that sound similar but have different spellings and meanings.
(2) air-hair is not an example of homophones from the given pairs of words.
Answer:
81. By whom were you taught English ?
82. We waited in traffic for a long time for the convoy of the minister's cars to pass.
An action of a subject, in relation to an object, can be expressed in different ways. There are two main ways of expressing and they are known as voices. You can have sentences in active voice and passive voice. The structure of the sentence changes when you change the voice.
83. ideal-idol