Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Active Passive Voice

Question:

From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the sentence in Active/Passive voice.
Have the lock broken?

Options:

Break the lock

Get someone to break the lock

Have the broken lock

They have broken the lock

Correct Answer:

Get someone to break the lock

Explanation:

Get someone to break the lock.

Explanation:

  • Break the lock: This is in active voice and is an imperative sentence, instructing someone to break the lock.

  • Get someone to break the lock: This is in active voice and suggests that someone should be tasked with breaking the lock.

  • Have the broken lock: This doesn't correctly transform the original sentence into passive voice. The original sentence is a request to have the lock broken, not to have a broken lock.

  • They have broken the lock: This is in active voice and doesn't correctly transform the original sentence into passive voice. It changes the meaning to state that "they" (someone) have already broken the lock.