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SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 19

SSC CGL - 02 Dec 2022 - Shift 1 • English • Q19

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Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
Her phone can’t be switched off by my father.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. My father can’t switch off her phone.

 

To change a passive form of a sentence into an active form, the following rules are followed:

 

  • Identify the subject that performs the action. In this sentence, it is "my father."

  • Use the subject as the grammatical subject of the sentence, followed by an appropriate verb. In this sentence, the appropriate verb is "cannot switch off."

  • Use the original object of the passive sentence as the grammatical object of the active sentence. In this sentence, it is "her phone."

  • Remove the preposition "by" that introduced the doer of the action in the passive sentence.

Thus, the correct active form of the given sentence is:

My father can’t switch off her phone.