Question

    The shopkeepers were told (A)/by the police that

    (B)/goods were being selled(C)/by them at higher prices (D). Directions: In each of the following questions, the active voice and passive voice of a sentence are given. Read each sentence to find out if there is any error in the passive voice. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If there is no error, mark the answer E.
    A The shopkeepers were told Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B by the police that Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C goods were being selled Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D by them at higher prices Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Here, the third form of the verb ‘sell’ is ‘sold’. The shopkeepers were told by the police that goods were being sold by them at higher prices.

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