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.

Who visited you last night?

  1. By whom were you visited last night?

  2. By whom was you visited last night?

  3. By whom the last night visited to you?

  4. By whom the last night visited?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Subject of active voice becomes object in passive voice. Thus, 'who' becomes 'by whom'. In case of past indefinite tense, we use 'was/were + the past participle form of the verb'. 'You' (second subject) takes plural auxiliary.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

Should I give up the whole plan?

  1. Should the plan be given up by me?

  2. Should the whole plan be given up by me?

  3. Should the plan wholly be given up?

  4. Should the plan wholly be given up by me?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice of a sentence from active to passive, we interchange the respective postions of the subject and the object.  Moreover, we use the past participle form of the verb. The object in passive voice is generally preceded by 'by'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

Why did he let out the building?

  1. Why did the building was let out?

  2. Why was the building let out by him?

  3. Why the building was let out by him?

  4. Why the building is let out by him?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Case of interrogative sentence in past indefinite tense. In passive voice we use 'was/were + the past participle form of the verb' in past indefinite tense. It being an interrrogative sentence, auxiliary should precede the subject.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

The nurse will have put the child to sleep.

  1. The child will have to be put to sleep by the nurse.

  2. The child will have been put to sleep by the nurse.

  3. The child will have put to sleep by the nurse.

  4. The child would have been put to sleep by the nurse.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice from active to passive, future perfect tense gets converted into future perfect continuous tense. Modal remains unchanged.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

He will have pulled the bucket out of the well.

  1. The bucket will have been pulled out of the well by him.

  2. The bucket will have pulled out of the well by him.

  3. The bucket will have to be pulled out of the well by him.

  4. The bucket will have pull out of the well by him.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice from active to passive, future perfect tense gets converted into future perfect continuous tense.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

The painter will have finished his master piece.

  1. His master piece will have to be finished by the painter.

  2. His master piece will have been finished by the painter.

  3. His master piece will have finished by the painter.

  4. His master piece will be finished by the painter.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice from active to passive, future perfect tense gets converted into future perfect continuous tense.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

Why will he not have repaired the watch?

  1. Why will not the watch have been repaired by him?

  2. Why will the watch not have been repaired by him?

  3. Why will the repair not be done to the watch?

  4. Why will not be the watch repaired by him?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice from active to passive, future perfect tense gets converted into future perfect continuous tense. Adverb of negation (not) preced the verb, not the noun.