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SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 10

SSC CGL Tier II English - 11/09/2019 • English • Q10

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Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active / passive) form of the given
sentence.
Two children were shot dead by a psychopath during the California music festival.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4, i.e. A psychopath shot dead two children during the California music festival

  1. The error in option 1 is using the phrase 'being shot'. This makes the tense change into past-continuous tense. Whereas the question has past-perfect tense and not continuous, that is 'shot'.
  2. The error in option 2 is using the phrase 'are shot'. This is a grammatical error as 'are' denotes present tense and 'shot' denotes past tense.
  3. The error in option 3 is in the sentence structure. It does not follow the basic principal of voice in grammar (subject+verb/action+object). It included another subject 'California music festival' that was supposed to be at the latter half of the sentence.
  4. Option 4 is the correct answer as the tense is correct, the structure of 'subject+verb+object' is in-tact and there is no grammatical error.