Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Grammar: Active Passive Voice

Question:

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

The meteorologist predicted, “Tomorrow, it will be raining heavily.”

Options:

The meteorologist predicted that tomorrow it will have been raining heavily.

The meteorologist predicted that the next day, it would be raining heavily.

The meteorologist predicts that the next day, it will be raining heavily.

The meteorologist predicted that the previous day it would be raining heavily.

Correct Answer:

The meteorologist predicted that the next day, it would be raining heavily.

Explanation:

Answer: 2, Explanation: Since reporting verb is in past tense, ‘will’ is replaced by ‘would’ and ‘tomorrow’ is replaced by ‘the next day’.