English Language

Active and Passive Voice

453 Questions
All Simple Tenses 117 Perfect Tenses 69 Interrogative Sentences 67 Continuous Tenses 41 Imperative Sentences 33 Modal Auxiliaries 28 Non-finite Verbs 23 Double Objects 19 Future Indefinite 14 Subordinate Clauses 12 Exclamatory Sentences 2 Causative Verbs 1

Active and Passive Voice Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

The birds are picking up the grains from the ground.

  1. The grains had been picked up from the ground by the birds.

  2. The grains have been picked up from the ground by the birds.

  3. The grains were being picked up from the ground by the birds.

  4. The grains are being picked up from the ground by the birds.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Present continuous tense changes to- 'object + is/am/are + being + past participle + phrase + by+ subject'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

The principal will have declared the result.

  1. The result will have declared by the principal.

  2. The result will have been declared by the principal.

  3. The result shall have been declared by the principal.

  4. The result have been declared by the principal.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Future perfect tense changes to 'object + will/shall + have been + past participle + phrase + by + subject'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

I do not play the football.

  1. Football is not playing by me.

  2. Football does not play by me.

  3. Football is not played by me.

  4. Football is not play by me.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Object changes into subject ( football) + helping verb ( do, does changes into is, am or are)+ 3rd form of the verb (played) + object (by me).

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

The gardener is watering the plants.

  1. The plants are being watered by the gardener.

  2. The plants are watered by the gardener.

  3. The plants were watered by the gardener.

  4. The plants have been watered by the gardener.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Object changes into subject (the plants) + helping verb (are)+ being+ 3rd form of the verb (watered) + object (by the gardener).

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

I wrote a letter to my friend.

  1. A letter was written to my friend by me.

  2. A letter is written to my friend by me.

  3. A letter was wrote to my friend by me.

  4. A letter was writing to my friend by me.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Object changes into subject (a letter) + helping verb (was)+ 3rd form of the verb (written) + object (to my friend by me).

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

I had taken admission in this college.

  1. Admission in this college had been taken by me.

  2. Admission in this college has been taken by me.

  3. Admission in this college have been taken by me.

  4. Admission in this college had taken by me.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Object is changed into subject (Admission in this college) + had + been + verb's 3rd form (taken) + by + object (I).

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

I gave this purse to you.

  1. This purse was given to you by me.

  2. This purse gave to you by me.

  3. This purse was giving to you by me.

  4. This purse had been given to you by me.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Object is changed into subject (This purse) + was + 3rd form of the verb (given) + to you + by + object (me).

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

He was flying a kite.

  1. A kite was flown by him.

  2. A kite is being flown by him.

  3. A kite was flying by him.

  4. A kite was being flown by him.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Object is changed into subject (a kite) + was/were + being + verb's 3rd form (flown) + by + object (him).

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence:

Reenam changed her soiled clothes.

  1. Her soiled clothes were changed by Reenam.

  2. Soiled clothes has been changed by Reenam.

  3. Her soiled clothes were being changed by Reenam.

  4. Her soiled clothes have been changed by Reenam.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The active voice is given in the past indefinite tense and when we change it in passive, the format will be: subject (which is the object of active form) + was/were + third form of the verb + prep ‘by’ + Object (subject of the active form).

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the one which best expresses the same in passive or active voice.

Please listen to him.

  1. You are requested to listen.

  2. You are requested to be listened.

  3. You are requested to listen to him.

  4. You are requested only to listen.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice, we interchange the respective places of the subject and the object. In passive voice, we always use the third form of the verb with the helping verb. Some changes are made in the pronoun usage.  Sometimes we need to provide the missing subject/object. Here, option 2 and 4 are incorrect. Object 'him' is missing in option 1. Hence, option 3. 

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the one which best expresses the same in passive or active voice.

It is time for the shop to be closed.

  1. It is time for closing the shop.

  2. It is time to close the shop.

  3. It is time for the shop to be closed.

  4. It is right time for the shop to be closed.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In the sentences where we do not have two subjects but one subject and one verb, we interchange their respective places. Option 2 does the same.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the one which best expresses the same in passive or active voice.

She has seen through your trick.

  1. Your trick has seen through by her.

  2. Your trick has been seen through by her.

  3. Your trick is seen through by her.

  4. Your trick has through been seen by her.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice, we interchange the respective places of the subject and the object. In passive voice, we always use the third form of the verb with the helping verb. Some changes are made in the pronoun usage. Present perfect tense changes into present perfect continuous.