Passive Answer Number 10

10.His initial efforts to examine the girl are thwarted when his glasses are knocked to the floor by her.

Ans.

The girl thwarts his initial efforts to examine her when she knocks his glasses to the floor.


Here there are two passive voice constructions within the same sentence.

The first is within the main independent clause "His efforts to examine the girsl are thwarted." This can be rewritten to form

The girl thwarts his initial efforts to examine her.

 

The second passive construction is within the dependent clause "when his glasses are knocked to the floor by her." This can be rewritten to form

She knocks his glasses to the floor.

 

The combination of these two segments affords the full sentence as seen above.