Choose the correct passive voice: "The farmers harvested the crops last season."
Difficulty: Medium
About this MCQ
This Medium Active and Passive Voice question asks: Choose the correct passive voice: "The farmers harvested the crops last season." The correct choice is A. The crops were harvested by the farmers last season.. 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. The crops were harvested by the farmers last season. ✓
- B. The crops are harvested by the farmers last season.
Why not B: “The crops are harvested by the farmers last season.” does not fit this question. The answer is The crops were harvested by the farmers last season..
- C. The crops have been harvested by the farmers last season.
Why not C: “The crops have been harvested by the farmers last season.” does not fit this question. The answer is The crops were harvested by the farmers last season..
- D. The crops were harvest by the farmers last season.
Why not D: “The crops were harvest by the farmers last season.” does not fit this question. The answer is The crops were harvested by the farmers last season..
Correct answer
A. The crops were harvested by the farmers last season.
Explanation
The crops were harvested by the farmers last season. (option A) is the accepted answer to “Choose the correct passive voice: "The farmers harvested the crops last season."”. Option B (The crops are harvested by the farmers last season.) does not fit this question. Option C (The crops have been harvested by the farmers last season.) does not fit this question. Option D (The crops were harvest by the farmers last season.) does not fit this question. For this Active and Passive Voice question, the accepted answer is The crops were harvested by the farmers last season..
Source: Active and Passive Voice Official FPSC/NTS/PPSC-Style Reference Guide
Tags: FPSC, PPSC, grammar, voice, sentence structure, NTS
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