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Q41.Change to Indirect: "She asked, 'Can you help me?'"

Medium
A She asked if I can help her.
B She asked if I could help her.
C She asked whether I helped her.
D She asked that I could help her.
Indirect Speech CSS

Correct Answer: B

Modal "can" → "could" in reported speech.

Q42.Change to Indirect: "She said, 'I will come tomorrow.'"

Medium
A She said she will come tomorrow.
B She said she would come the next day.
C She said she would come tomorrow.
D She told that she comes the next day.
Indirect Speech PPSC

Correct Answer: B

"Will" → "would", "tomorrow" → "the next day" in reported speech.

Q43.Change to Indirect: "She said, 'It is raining.'"

Easy
A She said that it is raining.
B She said that it was raining.
C She told it was raining.
D She said that it rained.
Indirect Speech CSS

Correct Answer: B

Present continuous → past continuous in reported speech.

Q44.Change to Indirect: "She said, 'May God help you!'"

Hard
A She prayed that God might help him.
B She said may God help him.
C She wished that God helps him.
D She told that God may help him.
Indirect Speech CSS

Correct Answer: A

Wish/prayer: "said" → "prayed/wished that"; "may" → "might".

Q45.Change to Passive: "He had written three novels."

Medium
A Three novels were written by him.
B Three novels have been written by him.
C Three novels had been written by him.
D Three novels are written by him.
Passive Voice CSS

Correct Answer: C

Past perfect passive: had been written.

Q46.Change to Passive: "She will have completed the task."

Hard
A The task will be completed by her.
B The task would be completed by her.
C The task will have been completed by her.
D The task is completed by her.
Passive Voice PMS

Correct Answer: C

Future perfect passive: will have been completed.

Q47.Change to Passive: "Someone has stolen my bicycle."

Medium
A My bicycle has been stolen.
B My bicycle was stolen.
C My bicycle is stolen.
D My bicycle had been stolen.
Passive Voice CSS

Correct Answer: A

When agent is "someone", it is dropped in passive. Present perfect passive.

Q48.Change to Passive: "They are repairing the road."

Medium
A The road is being repaired by them.
B The road was being repaired.
C The road has been repaired.
D The road will be repaired.
Passive Voice PPSC

Correct Answer: A

Present continuous passive: is/are being + V3.

Q49.Which verb cannot be used in the continuous tense?

Medium
A Run
B Know
C Swim
D Write
Active Voice PPSC

Correct Answer: B

"Know" is a stative verb and does not normally appear in continuous tense.

Q50.Change Into Active:Let the chair be arranged

Medium
A Let some arrange the chair
B Arrange the chair
C Someone arranged chair
D Chair was arrange
Active Voice PPSC 2026

Correct Answer: B

The active voice of 'Let the chair be arranged' is 'Arrange the chair'.

Q51.The teacher said to the students, "Now solve it yourself."

Medium
A The teacher solve the students to solve it yourself then
B The teacher said the students that now solve it yourself
C The teacher asked the students to now solve it yourself
D The teacher ordered the students to solve it themselves then
Indirect Speech PMS 2026

Correct Answer: D

An imperative sentence is reported using an infinitive construction such as 'ordered/told...to'.

Q52.I said, "He is brave, isn't he?"

Medium
A He said that he was brave, wasn't he
B I asked if he was brave
C I remarked that he was brave, and sought confirmation
D I said that he was brave, isn't he
Indirect Speech PMS 2026

Correct Answer: C

A question-tag statement in indirect speech is reported as a remark seeking confirmation.

Q53.He said to me, "May you be happy."

Medium
A He wished that I might be happy
B He told me that I may be happy
C He prayed that I should be happy
D He said that I will be happy
Indirect Speech PMS 2026

Correct Answer: A

An optative sentence beginning with 'May' is reported using 'wished that...might'.

Q54.He reminded me, "When the cat is away the mice will play."

Medium
A He reminded me that when the cat is away the mice will play
B He reminded me when the cat is away the mice will play
C He reminded me that when the cat was away the mice would play
D He reminded me that when the cat was away the mice will play
Indirect Speech PMS 2026

Correct Answer: C

Universal truths in idiomatic/proverbial reported speech still shift tense after a past reporting verb in this convention, with 'will' becoming 'would'.

Q55.He said, "I always welcome my guests sincerely."

Medium
A He said that I always welcome my guests sincerely
B He said that he always welcomed his guests sincerely
C He said that he always welcome his guests sincerely
D None of these
Indirect Speech PMS 2026

Correct Answer: B

The pronoun changes from 'I' to 'he' and the present tense shifts to past tense in indirect speech.

Q56."Whom did you read the lesson to?"

Medium
A By whom was the lesson read to you?
B Who was the lesson read by you to?
C Whom was the lesson read by you to?
D To whom was the lesson read by you?
Passive Voice PMS 2026

Correct Answer: D

In passive voice, the question retains 'to whom' and uses 'was...read by you'.

Q57."You must not waste your precious time."

Medium
A Your precious time must not be wasted
B Your precious time must not be wasted by you
C You are ordered not to waste your precious time
D Let your precious time not be wasted
Passive Voice PMS 2026

Correct Answer: A

The modal 'must not' sentence becomes passive by making the object the subject and keeping the modal.

Q58."She will buy a car if she has three million rupees."

Medium
A A car will be bought by her is she has three million rupees
B If she has three million rupees, a car will be bought.
C A car will be bought by her if three million rupees are had by her
D No change is possible in conditional clause
Passive Voice PMS 2026

Correct Answer: A

In a conditional sentence, only the main clause is typically converted to passive voice.

Q59."Were you asked any question?"

Medium
A Did you asked any question?
B Was any question asked by you?
C Did anyone ask you any question?
D None of these
Active Voice PMS 2026

Correct Answer: C

Converting this passive question to active voice requires 'Did anyone ask you...?'

Q60."Do not pay him anything."

Medium
A Let him not be paid anything.
B He should not be paid anything.
C You are forbidden to pay him anything.
D Let nothing be paid to him
Passive Voice PMS 2026

Correct Answer: A

Negative imperative sentences are made passive using the 'Let...not be' construction.