English Language

Active and Passive Voice

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Active and Passive Voice Questions

Multiple choice

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

A lion may be helped even by a little mouse.

  1. A little mouse may even help a lion.

  2. Even a little mouse may help a lion.

  3. A little mouse even may help a lion.

  4. Even a little mouse might help a lion.
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. In active voice we can use any of the forms of the verb. Voice relates only to the verb clause. 

Multiple choice

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

We consumed whatever we had in a day or two.

  1. Whatever we have had was consumed in a day or two.

  2. Whatever we did have was consumed in a day or two.

  3. Whatever we had was consumed in a day or two.

  4. Whatever was consumed we had in a day or two.
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. Voice relates only to the verb clause.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the active voice into passive voice.

He was troubling me for a long time.

  1. He was being troubled from a long time.

  2. He was being troubled for a long time by him.

  3. I had been troubling for a long time.

  4. I was being troubled for a long time by him.

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

In passive voice of past continuous tense, the rule is: 'Object + was/were + present tense verb + being + past participle + phrase + by + subject'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Rewrite the sentence given in the question as directed in the bracket.

Did you write a poem? (Change the voice)

  1. Had a poem been written by you?

  2. Did a poem being written by you?

  3. Was a poem written by you?

  4. Is a poem was written by her?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

It is an interrogative form in past tense. The format is was/were + subject (object of the active voice) + past participle form of verb + prep by + object(subject of active form).

Multiple choice

Directions: Rewrite the sentence given in the question as directed in the bracket.

If you told me, I would keep your story in confidence. (Change the voice of the verb from active to passive)

  1. If you told me, your story would be kept in confidence.

  2. If I was told, your story would be kept in confidence.

  3. If you told me your story would have been kept in confidence.

  4. If you tell me, your story will have been kept in confidence.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In order to change conditional sentence into passive, the format is ‘’conditional phrase + subject (object of active form) + would be + past participle form of the verb.