Active and Passive Voice
Practice converting active voice sentences to passive voice in English grammar
Questions
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Do you imitate others?
- Are others imitated by you?
- Are others being imitated by you?
- Were others being imitated by you?
- Have others been imitated by you?
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
I saw him conducting the rehearsal.
- He was seen conducting the rehearsal.
- I saw the rehearsal to be conducted by him.
- He was seen by me to conduct the rehearsal.
- The rehearsal being conducted by him was seen by me.
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
You must look into this matter.
- This matter has been looked into by you
- This matter may be looked into by you
- This matter should be looked into by you
- This matter must be looked into by you
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Someone has picked his pocket.
- They have his pocked picked.
- Picking has been done to his pocket.
- Picked has been his pocket.
- His pocket has been picked.
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Someone gave her a bull dog.
- She was given by someone a bull dog.
- A bull dog was given to her by someone.
- She has been given a bull dog.
- She is being given a bull dog by someone.
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
The Romans expected to conquer Carthages.
- Carthages was expected to be conquered by the Romans.
- The Roman were expected to conquer Carthages.
- It was expected by the Romans that they would conquer Carthages.
- The Romans expected to have conquered Carthages.
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Darjeeling grows tea.
- Tea grows in Darjeeling
- Tea is grown in Darjeeling
- Let the tea be grown in Darjeeling
- Tea is being grown in Darjeeling
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
My Uncle promised me a present.
- A present was promised by my uncle to me.
- I was promised a present by my uncle.
- I had been promised a present by my uncle.
- I was promised by my uncle a present.
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Rain disrupted the last day's play between India and Sri Lanka.
- The last day's play of India and Sri Lanka was disrupted by rain.
- India and Sri Lanka's play of the last day was disrupted by rain.
- The last day's play between India and Sri Lanka was disrupted by rain.
- The last day's play between India and Sri Lanka were disrupted by rain.
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Please help me.
- You were requested to help me.
- You are being requested to help me.
- You are requested to help me.
- You have been requested to help me.
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
One should keep one's promise.
- One's promise should be kept by us.
- One's promise has to be kept.
- A promise should be keeping.
- A promise should be kept.
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
I know him.
- He is known by me.
- He was known to me.
- He has been known by me.
- He is known to me.
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
The residents celebrated the Independence Day.
- The Independent Day is celebrated by the residents.
- The Independence Day was celebrated by the residents.
- The Independence Day has been celebrated by the residents.
- Celebration of Independence Day was done by the residents.
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Why are you not listening to me?
- Why I am not being listened to by you?
- Why am I not being listened to by you?
- Why I am not listened to by you?
- Why was I not listened to by you?
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Who is creating this mess?
- Who has created this mess?
- By whom has this mess been created?
- By whom this mess is being created?
- By whom is this mess being created?
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
I saw him leaving the house.
- He had been seen leaving the house.
- He was seen to be leaving the house.
- Leaving the house he was seen by me.
- He was seen leaving the house by me.
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Who teaches you English?
- By whom were you taught English?
- By whom are you taught English?
- English is taught by whom?
- By whom will you be taught English?
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Why do you waste time?
- Why is time wasted by you?
- Why is time being wasted by you?
- Why has time been wasted by you?
- Why has time being wasted by you?
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Have the box broken.
- Have the broken box?
- Break the box.
- Get someone to break the box.
- They have broken the box.
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
It is time to ring the bell.
- It is time the bell rings.
- It is being time to ring the bell.
- It is time for the bell to ring.
- It is the time for the bell to be rung.
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
We hope that we shall win the match.
- The match is hoped to be won.
- Match winning is our hope.
- It is hoped that the match will be won by us.
- Winning the match is hoped by us.
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
People claim to have seen the suspect in several cities.
- The suspect is being seen in several cities.
- The suspect has been the people in several cities.
- The suspect is claimed to have been seen by people in several cities.
- The suspect was seen by people in several cities
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
You will have finished this work by tomorrow.
- This work will have been finished tomorrow
- This work will be finished by tomorrow.
- This work will finished tomorrow.
- This work will have been finished by you by tomorrow.
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Somebody told me that there had been an explosion in the Town Hall.
- I was told by somebody about the explosion in the Town Hall.
- I was told about the explosion in the Town Hall.
- I was informed that there was an explosion in the Town Hall.
- I was told by somebody that there had been an explosion in Town Hall.
Directions: Choose the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Who taught her such things?
- Who was she such things by?
- She was taught such things by who?
- By whom she was taught such things?
- By whom was she taught such things?