Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Active Passive Voice

Question:

Select the correct Active/Passive form of the given sentence.

If our freedom has to be maintained, then it must be fought for.

Options:

If we had to maintained our freedom, then we must fight for it.

If we have to maintain our freedom, then we must fight for it.

If we had to maintained our freedom, then we have been fighting for it.

If we had been maintained our freedom, then we must fight for it.

Correct Answer:

If we have to maintain our freedom, then we must fight for it.

Explanation:

The correct Active/Passive form of the given sentence is:

If we have to maintain our freedom, then we must fight for it.

Explanation for other options:

☀ If we had to maintain our freedom, then we must fight for it. This option changes the sentence to the active voice and alters the verb tense. It suggests a conditional situation in the past, which is not the intended meaning of the original sentence.

☀ If we had to maintain our freedom, then we have been fighting for it. This option changes the sentence to the active voice and does not maintain the original meaning. It suggests that we have been fighting for our freedom in the past, which is not the intended meaning of the original sentence.

☀ If we had been maintained our freedom, then we must fight for it. This option changes the sentence to the active voice and does not maintain the original meaning. It suggests a hypothetical situation in the past where our freedom has been maintained, which is not the intended meaning of the original sentence.