SSC CGL 2024 Tier-I · 11 September 2024, Shift 1 · English Comprehension · Question 11 of 95

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Select the option that expresses the following sentence in passive voice. Ravi will play the match.

(a)The match is played by Ravi.
(b)The match will have been played by Ravi.
(c)The match will be playing by Ravi.
(d)The match will be played by Ravi.

Answer

Why

Correct — D. The active verb is will play — simple future. The simple future passive is will be + past participle, so will play becomes will be played.

Move the object to the front, keep the tense, and demote the doer into a by-phrase:

The match + will be played + by Ravi.

That is option (d) word for word. Voice change rearranges the sentence, it never shifts it into a different tense.

Why the others are wrong

(a)
The match is played by Ravi. — Is played is simple present passive. The active sentence is simple future, and changing voice must not change the tense.
(b)
The match will have been played by Ravi. — Will have been played is future perfect passive, the passive of "will have played". The active verb is plain will play, so the perfect aspect is imported from nowhere.
(c)
The match will be playing by Ravi. — Will be playing is future continuous and still active. A passive needs the past participle played after be, not the -ing form.

Concept

Changing voice does three things: the object becomes the subject, the verb becomes be + past participle, and the old subject moves into a by-phrase.

The tense is fixed. The form of be is dictated by the active verb — will play gives will be played, plays gives is played, played gives was played, has played gives has been played.

That is why the wrong options here are perfectly grammatical English. They are simply the wrong tense or the wrong aspect.

The by-phrase can be dropped when the doer is unknown or unimportant, but this item keeps Ravi, so every option carries by Ravi and the tense is the only thing separating them.

Key facts

Simple future passive is will be plus the past participle: will play becomes will be played.
Future perfect passive is will have been plus the past participle: will have played becomes will have been played.
Changing voice never changes the tense of the sentence.
A passive verb takes the past participle, so an -ing form after be is continuous and active.

Study next

Passive of modal verbs: must deliver becomes must be deliveredPassive of continuous tenses: was conducting becomes was being conductedPassive of questions: who invited you becomes by whom were you invited

Common traps

Choosing is played because the passive frame looks familiar, and losing the future tense on the way.
Adding a perfect aspect the active sentence never had.
Accepting will be playing as passive merely because it contains be.

Passive voice is a fixture of SSC's English paper, and the tested tense changes from item to item.

The same simple-future frame is keyed at 13 Sep 2024, 09:00, English Q.8 (The team will announce the winner tomorrow), and the modal version at 11 Sep 2024, 16:00, English Q.5 (He must deliver pizza).

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