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SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 15

SSC CGL - 03 Dec 2022 - Shift 2 • English • Q15

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Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

They fired her because she was careless.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. She was fired by them because she was careless.

 

To convert the given sentence into passive voice, we can follow the following grammatical rules:

  • Identify the subject and object in the sentence. In this case, the subject is "they" and the object is "her".

  • Move the object of the sentence to the beginning of the sentence.

  • Add the auxiliary verb "to be" in the same tense as the main verb. In this case, the main verb is "fired", which is in the past tense. Therefore, we add the past tense form of "to be", which is "was".

  • The main verb "fired" needs to be changed to its past participle form, which is "fired".

  • Add the preposition "by" before the subject.

Following these rules, we can convert the sentence into passive voice:

"She was fired by them because she was careless."