Question

All nooks and corners were checked. Rewrite : No nook or corner _________.​

Answer 1

No nook or corner was left unchecked.

Answer 2

No nook or corner was left unchecked. -This is the correct answer.

Explanation:

• The given sentence is: 'All nooks and corners were checked.' This has to be rewritten without changing the meaning of it.
• The beginning is : 'No nook or corner'.
• As the sentence has two nouns 'nook' and 'corner' joint with 'or' we must using a singular verb.
• As the tense in the given sentence is past (because we have 'were'), we must use past tense here also.
• So singular form of past tense that must be used here is 'was'.
• As we have a negative word in the sentence 'no', we must use another negative word to make the sentence positive. So the adverb 'checked' becomes 'left unchecked'.
• Therefore the answer is: No nook or corner was left unchecked.