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title: "Choose the best answer (grammar) 2074 Ashwin"
subject: "Communication English"
chapter: 3
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# Choose the best answer (grammar) 2074 Ashwin

Communication English · Chapter 3: Contextual Grammar

- Asked in: 2074 Ashwin, 0.5×10 marks
- Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort) on 2026-10-14
- Page: https://www.bctengineer.com/q/semester_5/communication_english/choose-best-answer-grammar-set-2074a
- Whole chapter: https://www.bctengineer.com/md/semester_5/communication_english/chapter-3

## Question

Choose the best answer.
a. The passive voice of 'I let him go' is .......... (He was let go/ He was let to go)
b. The passive voice of 'They saw the cat stealing the meat' is .......... (The cat was seen stealing the meat/The cat was seen to be stealing the meat)
c. When he became rich, he threw .......... all his old friends. (off, over)
d. The project is running .......... financial difficulties. (in, into)
e. What you think and do .......... praiseworthy. (is, are)
f. Letter after letter .......... been sent to her. (has, have)
g. If I .......... to ask you, would you help me? (was, were)
h. .......... that happen, I will quit the job. (should, if)
i. Note down my address lest you .......... (should forget, might forget)
j. It .......... a week since I saw Jill. (has been, is)

## Short answer

a. He was let go; b. The cat was seen stealing the meat; c. over; d. into; e. is; f. has; g. were; h. should; i. should forget; j. has been.

## Answer

a. **He was let go** (after "let", the passive keeps the bare infinitive: "He was let go", not "let to go").
b. **The cat was seen stealing the meat** (the participle after the object is kept in the passive).
c. **over** ("throw over" means to abandon or desert friends; "throw off" means to get rid of something such as a cold or a pursuer).
d. **into** ("run into difficulties" means to meet or encounter them).
e. **is** ("What you think and do" is one noun clause, which is singular).
f. **has** ("Letter after letter" is singular).
g. **were** (the unreal conditional "if I were to ask" uses "were" for all persons).
h. **should** ("Should that happen" is the inverted form of a conditional; "if" would need "happens").
i. **should forget** (after "lest" the verb is "should" plus the base form).
j. **has been** (the present perfect is used with "since" for a period that continues up to now: "It has been a week since I saw Jill").

## Check yourself

The answer's key points as multiple-choice questions, with the correct option and why.

1. The passive of 'I let him go' is
   A. He was let to go
   B. He was let go
   C. He was letted go
   D. He let go
   Answer: B. After 'let' the passive keeps the bare infinitive. (Key point: Passive of let)

2. 'What you think and do ___ praiseworthy.'
   A. are
   B. were
   C. have been
   D. is
   Answer: D. The noun clause is singular. (Key point: Singular noun clause)

3. '___ that happen, I will quit the job.'
   A. If
   B. Would
   C. Should
   D. Does
   Answer: C. 'Should that happen' is the inverted conditional; 'if' would need 'happens'. (Key point: Inverted conditional)

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