PMS MCQs

The simple past may backshift to the past perfect in reported speech.
'Yesterday' changes to 'the previous day.'

A comma separates the reporting clause from the quotation.
The final period is placed inside the closing quotation mark in this style.

The simple present passive uses 'is/am/are' plus the past participle.
'English' is singular, so 'is spoken' is correct.

With two objects, the indirect object can become the passive subject.
The simple past passive is 'were given.'

In the passive, 'make' is followed by a to-infinitive.
Therefore, 'was made to apologize' is the correct transformation.

'Have something done' means arranging for another person to perform a service.
The object is followed by the past participle 'repaired.'

'Get someone to do something' expresses persuasion or arrangement.
It requires an object followed by a to-infinitive.

'Make someone do something' takes the bare infinitive in active voice.
Therefore, 'made the students rewrite' is correct.

The passive infinitive is formed with 'to be' plus a past participle.
'Needs to be completed' expresses that the report must receive the action.

The passive gerund is formed with 'being' plus a past participle.
It functions as the object of 'dislikes.'

The object 'the proposal' becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
The simple past passive is formed with 'was' plus the past participle.

A reporting passive can use 'subject + be said + perfect infinitive.'
'To have discovered' shows the discovery happened before the reporting.