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.

Had not you learnt the grammar rules?

  1. Had not the grammar rules been learnt by you?

  2. Had not the rules of grammar been learnt by you?

  3. Had not the rules of grammar learnt by you?

  4. Were not the rules of grammar learnt by you?

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

While changing the voice from active to passive, past perfect tense gets converted into past perfect continuous tense. Subject remains unchanged. So, 'grammar rules'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

Had the women brought frocks for the baby?

  1. Had the frocks for the baby been brought?

  2. Had the frocks for the baby been brought by the women?

  3. Were the frocks for the baby brought by the women?

  4. Were the frocks brought by the women for the baby?
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, while changing the voice from active to passive, past perfect tense gets converted into past perfect continuous tense. We do not have the liberty to delete the subject/object.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

The soldiers had not betrayed their country.

  1. Their country had not been betrayed by the soldiers.

  2. Their country had not betrayed by the soldiers.

  3. Their country was not betrayed by the soldiers.

  4. Their country is not betrayed by the soldiers.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

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

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

The fishermen had caught plenty of fish.

  1. Plenty of fish had to be caught by the fishermen.

  2. Plenty of fish had been caught by the fishermen.

  3. Plenty of fish was to be caught by the fishermen.

  4. Plenty of fish were to be caught by the fishermen.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

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

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

The teacher punished the boys who had not done their homework.

  1. The boys who had not done their homework had been punished by their teacher.

  2. The boys were punished by their teacher who had not done their homework.

  3. The boys who had not done their homework were punished by the teacher.

  4. The boys who had not done their homework were being punished by the teacher.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice of a sentence from active to passive, we interchange the respective positions of the subject and the object. 

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

People claim to have seen the suspect in several cities.

  1. The suspect is being seen in several cities.

  2. The suspect has been seen by the people in several cities.

  3. The suspect is claimed to have been seen in several cities.

  4. The suspect was seen by people in several cities.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C 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. Considering this, option 3 is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

I will have read the whole novel by evening.

  1. The whole novel will have read by me by evening.

  2. The whole novel will have been read by me by evening.

  3. The novel whole will be read by me by evening.

  4. The whole novel will have to be read by me by evening.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

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

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

He is eating an apple.

  1. An apple is eating by him

  2. An apple is eaten by him

  3. An apple is being eaten by him

  4. An apple is been eaten by him
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

He-subject /is-auxiliary verb(a/v) / eating-verb/an apple-object

When active voice change to passive voice,

  1. The place of subject and object interchanged. Subject turned to a third party. 'by' add before it. An apple ................................ by him
  2. If the verb is v1+ing, change it as 'being +  v3 '
Multiple choice

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

Enchanting animals roam the Savannah. (Change the voice of the verb from active to passive)

  1. The Savannah is being roamed by enchanting animals.

  2. The Savannah is roamed by enchanting animals.

  3. The Savannah is being roamed by enchanted animals.

  4. The Savannah has been roamed by enchanting animals.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

It is present indefinite form, so we use verb 'is' in passive. The format is subject (object of the active voice) + verb + past participle + preposition by + object (subject of active form).

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct passive or active voice of the given sentence.The teacher gave a gift to Sarah.

  1. Sarah has gifted the teacher

  2. The teacher was gifted to Sarah

  3. Sarah was given a gift by the teacher

  4. Sarah is gifted by the teacher
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 The object 'Sarah' in the active voice is changed to the subject in the passive voice. Sentence is using past tense. So in passive voice was + past participle form of verb...i.e was + given.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct passive or active voice of the given sentence.

Children painted these pictures.

  1. The pictures are painted by the children.

  2. Children have painted these pictures.

  3. These paintings are being painted by children.

  4. These pictures were painted by children.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The given statement is in active voice. To convert it into passive, the object 'pictures' becomes the subject, the subject 'children' is changed into the object and is preceded by a 'by'.