Transformation Of Sentences(Professional Communication ) Questions and Answers
Question 1. Which of these does not come under transformation of sentences?
Changing active voice into passive voice.
Changing passive voice into active voice.
Changing affirmative sentences into negative sentences.
Changing interrogative sentences into assertive sentences and their reverse.
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Changing passive voice into active voice. Answer: (b).Changing passive voice into active voice.
Question 2. Assertive sentence can also be called as :
Emphatic sentence
Declarative sentence
Imperative sentence
Exclamatory sentence
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Declarative sentence Answer: (b).Declarative sentence
Question 3. An assertive sentence states a fact, describes a thing or reports an event.
True
False
May be True or False
Can't say
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> True Answer: (a).True
Question 4. Which of these is not a type of assertive sentence?
Affirmative
Informal
Negative
Emphatic
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Informal Answer: (b).Informal
Question 5. Which of these is not a type of sentence?
Assertive
Interrogative
Complicated
Imperative
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Complicated Answer: (c).Complicated
Question 6. If the reported speech expresses some universal truth, habit, historical incident or permanent fact, its tense does not change even when the reporting verb is in the past tense.
True
False
May be True or False
Can't say
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> True Answer: (a).True
Question 7. While changing a question into indirect speech, the reporting verb must be changed into 'ask', 'inquire' or 'demand'.
True
False
May be True or False
Can't say
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> True Answer: (a).True
Question 8. Which of these prepositions is used with 'inquire' or 'demand'?
Is
At
Of
On
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Of Answer: (c).Of
Question 9. Convert the following sentence in indirect speech to direct speech : He exclaimed sadly that he was undone.
He said I am undone.
He said, “Alas ! I am undone.”
He said, “I am undone.”
He said , “Alas. I am undone.”
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> He said, “Alas ! I am undone.” Answer: (b).He said, “Alas ! I am undone.”
Question 10. Convert the following direct speech to indirect : My mother said to me, “Are you going to school today?”
My mother asked me if I was going to school that day.
My mother asked me are you going to school today.
My mother asked me if I was going to school today.
My mother asked me if I am going to school today.
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> My mother asked me if I was going to school that day. Answer: (a).My mother asked me if I was going to school that day.