2nd
PUC ENGLISH WORKBOOK ANSWERS STREAMS PASSIVE VOICE
PASSIVE VOICE
Fill
in the blanks with appropriate form of the verbs given in brackets in the
paragraphs below.
1) The train was on fire. Several people were killed (kill). The injured were shifted (shift) to
hospital. The reason for the fire was unclear. A committee was appointed (appoint) to investigate the cause of the
fire.
2) A function was
organized (organize) to honour the eminent scientist professor CNR Rao.
He was conferred (confer) the
Bharat Ratna. Several dignitaries were
invited (invite) to the function. Many of his former students and
acquaintances were expected
(expect) to attend. Elaborate arrangements were
made (make) for the function.
3) Saving water is very important. Rain water, being the
purest form available, efforts should
be made (should, make) to harvest it. The basic purpose of water
harvesting is to conserve water. This can
be done (can, do) by storing water in aground reservoir. The rooftop
harvesting process is quite simple and doesn’t cost much. First the rooftop is cleaned (be, clean), a pipe is inserted (be, insert) and
linked to the rooftop as well as the underground reservoirs. Then the water is filtered (be, filter) before
it reaches the underground reservoir.
4) The bull was tied
(tie) to the tree outside Gafur’s house. It was seen (see) by the priest Tarkaratna, who was coming from
the zamindar’s house. Gafur was
blamed (blame) by the priest for starving the bull. Tarkaratna was sent (send) by the zamindar
to talk to Gafur. The rent for the hut was
not paid (not pay) by Gafur. The priest told him that if he did not pay
it within three days, he would be
asked (ask) to leave the hut.
