Active and Passive
Practice converting sentences from active to passive voice in English grammar. Covers various tenses including simple, continuous, perfect, and modal constructions.
Questions
Directions: Change the voice.
I made mistakes in my test.
- Mistakes were made by me in my test.
- Mistakes were made in my test.
- My test had made mistakes in me.
- In my test mistakes had been made.
Directions: Change the voice.
The kids cleaned the room.
- The room had been cleaned by the kids.
- The room was cleaned by the kids
- The room was being cleaned by the kids
- The room cleaned the kids.
Directions: Change the voice.
He wrote a story.
- The story was written by him
- A story was written by him
- A story was being written by him
- A story had been written by him
Directions: Change the voice.
I hit the ball.
- The ball hit me
- The ball was hit by me
- The ball had been hit by me
- The ball had hit me
Directions: Change the voice.
A little worm ate the apple.
- The apple ate the little worm
- An apple was eaten by a little worm
- The apple had been eaten by a little worm.
- The apple was eaten by a little worm.
Directions: Change the voice.
The teacher will give a project work to the class.
- A project work will be given to the class by the teacher.
- A project work would be given by the teacher to the class.
- The class will be given by the teacher, a project work.
- The class will be given a project work by the class.
Directions: Change the voice.
A cow ate my newspaper.
- The newspaper was eaten by a cow.
- My newspaper was eaten by a cow.
- My newspaper had been eaten by a cow.
- My newspaper was being eaten by a cow.
Directions: Change the voice.
The cow jumped over the fence.
- The fence jumped over the cow.
- The fence had been jumped over by the cow.
- The fence was jumped over by the cow.
- The fence had jumped over the cow.
Directions: Change the voice.
I am writing a novel.
- The novel is written by me
- A novel has been written by me.
- A novel is being written by me.
- A novel had beenwritten by me.
Directions: Change the voice.
He is admiring the beautiful painting.
- The beautiful painting is admired by him.
- The beautiful painting is being admired by him
- The beautiful painting has been admired by him.
- The beautiful painting had been admired by him.
Directions: Change the voice.
The cat had chased the mouse.
- A mouse is chased by a cat.
- The mouse is chased by the cat.
- The mouse had been chased by the cat.
- The mouse was chased by the cat.
Directions: Change the voice.
He threw a stone into the lake.
- A stone was thrown into the lake by him.
- A stone had been thrown by him into a lake
- Into the lake was a stone thrown by him
- A stone was thrown by him into the lake.
Directions: Change the voice.
I have plucked some flowers from the garden.
- Some flowers from the garden were plucked by me.
- Some flowers have been plucked by me from the garden.
- Some of the flowers have been plucked by me from the garden.
- Some flowers had been plucked by me from the garden.
Directions: Change the voice.
He bought a new car.
- The new car was bought by him.
- A new car was being bought by him.
- A new car was brought by him.
- A new car was bought by him.
Directions: Change the voice.
She loves her pets.
- Her pets love her.
- Her pets are loved by her.
- Her pets had been loved by her.
- Her pets had loved her.
Directions: Change the voice.
She had bought some new clothes.
- Some new clothes were brought by her.
- Some new clothes had been bought by her.
- Some new clothes are bought by her.
- Some new clothes have been bought by her.
Directions: Change the voice.
They had made a mistake.
- A mistake had been made by them.
- A mistake was made by them.
- Mistakes are made by them
- A mistake is made by them.
Directions: Change the voice.
He lit all the candles.
- All the candles lit him
- All the candles were lit by him.
- The candles were all lit by him
- All the candles had been lit by him.
Directions: Change the voice.
The infant spilt the milk
- Milk was spilt by an infant.
- The milk was being spilt by an infant.
- The milk had spilt over the infant.
- The milk was spilt by the infant.
Directions: Change the voice.
A cat licked up the milk.
- The milk was licked up by the cat.
- The milk was licked up by a cat.
- The milk had been licked up by a cat.
- The milk has been licked by a cat.
Directions: Change the voice.
I had been teaching English.
- English is teaching me
- English is being taught by me.
- English has been teaching by me.
- English had been taught by me.
Directions: Change the voice.
The tiger dragged the prey to the den.
- The prey was dragged to the den by the tiger.
- The prey was being dragged by a tiger to the den.
- The prey had been dragged to the den by the tiger.
- To the den was the prey being dragged to by the tiger.
Directions: Change the voice.
The children were teasing the animals in the zoo.
- The animals were teasing the children in the zoo
- The animals in the zoo were teased by the children.
- In the zoo, the animals were being teased by the children.
- The animals in the zoo were being teased by the children.
Directions: Change the voice.
We should respect elders.
- Elders should be respected by us.
- Our elders should be respected by us.
- Elders should have been respected by us
- Elders should respect us.
Directions: Change the voice.
The children learnt a new lesson.
- A new lesson was learnt by the children.
- The new lesson was learnt by the children.
- A new lesson had been learnt by the children.
- New lesson was being learnt by the children.