Choose the correct passive voice: "Doctors advise patients to exercise regularly."
Difficulty: Hard
About this MCQ
This Hard Active and Passive Voice question asks: Choose the correct passive voice: "Doctors advise patients to exercise regularly." The correct choice is B. Patients are advised to exercise regularly by doctors.. Read the options below, commit to one, then use the explanation to see why that choice holds and why the others do not.
Active and Passive Voice items like this one are written for Pakistan exams such as CSS, FPSC, PPSC, and NTS. The difficulty label is a hint about how much of the topic the stem assumes, not a score. Tags and exam names, when they are present, tell you where else the same idea is tested. Previous and next links stay in Active and Passive Voice so you can continue the subject. Related questions point at nearby stems if you want another angle on the same idea.
Treat the explanation as part of the question, not a footnote. If you missed it, reread the stem against the correct option before you open the next Active and Passive Voice item. A timed quiz is the same pool with a clock and a score. A past paper is a full sitting rather than this single question.
- A. Patients are advising to exercise regularly by doctors.
Why not A: “Patients are advising to exercise regularly by doctors.” does not fit this question. The answer is Patients are advised to exercise regularly by doctors..
- B. Patients are advised to exercise regularly by doctors. ✓
- C. Patients advise to exercise regularly by doctors.
Why not C: “Patients advise to exercise regularly by doctors.” does not fit this question. The answer is Patients are advised to exercise regularly by doctors..
- D. Patients were advised to exercise regularly by doctors.
Why not D: “Patients were advised to exercise regularly by doctors.” does not fit this question. The answer is Patients are advised to exercise regularly by doctors..
Correct answer
B. Patients are advised to exercise regularly by doctors.
Explanation
Patients are advised to exercise regularly by doctors. (option B) is the accepted answer to “Choose the correct passive voice: "Doctors advise patients to exercise regularly."”. Option A (Patients are advising to exercise regularly by doctors.) does not fit this question. Option C (Patients advise to exercise regularly by doctors.) does not fit this question. Option D (Patients were advised to exercise regularly by doctors.) does not fit this question. For this Active and Passive Voice question, the accepted answer is Patients are advised to exercise regularly by doctors..
Source: Active and Passive Voice Official FPSC-Style Reference Guide
Tags: FPSC, grammar, voice, sentence structure
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