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Grammar - 8 (Active Passive)

English Grammar, Active and Passive Voice - Online Test and Materials for Teaching and Learning English

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

He spoke English fairly well.

  1. English is spoken fairly well by him.
  2. English was spoken fairly well by him.
  3. English speaking was done fairly well by him.
  4. English was spoken by him fairly well.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

The book was torn by the child.

  1. The child tore away the book.
  2. The child tore the book.
  3. The child did tear the book.
  4. The child had torn the book.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

Can you smell these nice flowers?

  1. Can these nice flowers be smelled by you?
  2. Can these flowers that are nice be smelled by you?
  3. Can these flowers be smelled nicely by you?
  4. Can these flowers be smelled nice by you?
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one that best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

He was not carried away by success.

  1. Success was not carrying him away.
  2. Success did not carry him away.
  3. Success did not carry away him.
  4. Success did not carried him away.
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

Did the police catch the thief?

  1. Was the thief caught by the police?
  2. Did the thief caught by the police?
  3. Did the thief was caught by the police?
  4. Was the thief caught?
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

They all expressed utmost relief.

  1. Utmost relief was all expressed by them.
  2. Utmost relief was expressed by them all.
  3. Utmost relief was expressed by them all of them.
  4. Utmost relief by them all was expressed.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

His pocket has been picked.

  1. They have his pocket picked.
  2. Picking of his pocket has been done.
  3. He has picked his pocket.
  4. Someone has picked his pocket.
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

Darjeeling grows tea.

  1. Tea grows in Darjeeling.
  2. Tea is grown in Darjeeling.
  3. Let the tea be grown in Darjeeling.
  4. Tea is being grown in Darjeeling.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

Has the child not broken the tea pot?

  1. Has not the tea pot been broken by the child?
  2. Has the tea pot not been broken by the child?
  3. Has not been the tea pot broken by the child?
  4. Has the tea pot been broken by the child?
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

The noise of the traffic kept me awake.

  1. I remained awake by the noise of the traffic.
  2. I was kept waking by the noise of the traffic.
  3. I was kept awake by the noise of the traffic.
  4. The traffic kept me awake by the noise.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

Four policemen were guarding me.

  1. I was guarded by four policemen.
  2. I was being guarded by four policemen.
  3. I was being guarded by the four policemen.
  4. I was guarding the four policemen.
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one that best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

Nobel hired a boat.

  1. A boat is hired by Nobel.
  2. A boat was hired by Nobel.
  3. A boat by Nobel is hired.
  4. A boat by Nobel was hired.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

I was tormented by heat.

  1. Heat torments me.
  2. Heat did torment me.
  3. Heat tormented me.
  4. Heat tormented at me.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

Why do we not sing a song?

  1. Why is a song not sung by us?
  2. Why a song is not sung by us?
  3. Why is a song not being sung by us?
  4. Why don't a song sung by us?
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one that best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

Who is attending to him?

  1. By whom he is being attended to?
  2. By whom is he being attended to?
  3. By whom is he attended to?
  4. By whom he is attended to?
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