English Language

Active and Passive Voice

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Active and Passive Voice Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

I have plucked some flowers from the garden.

  1. Some flowers from the garden were plucked by me.

  2. Some flowers have been plucked by me from the garden.

  3. Some of the flowers have been plucked by me from the garden.

  4. Some flowers had been plucked by me from the garden.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence is in the present perfect tense. The passive form requires 'have/has been' + past participle.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

He bought a new car.

  1. The new car was bought by him.

  2. A new car was being bought by him.

  3. A new car was brought by him.

  4. A new car was bought by him.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence is in the simple past tense. The passive form is 'was' + past participle.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

She loves her pets.

  1. Her pets love her.

  2. Her pets are loved by her.

  3. Her pets had been loved by her.

  4. Her pets had loved her.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence is in the simple present tense. The passive form is 'am/is/are' + past participle.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

She had bought some new clothes.

  1. Some new clothes were brought by her.

  2. Some new clothes had been bought by her.

  3. Some new clothes are bought by her.

  4. Some new clothes have been bought by her.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence is in the past perfect tense. The passive form is 'had been' + past participle.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

They had made a mistake.

  1. A mistake had been made by them.

  2. A mistake was made by them.

  3. Mistakes are made by them

  4. A mistake is made by them.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence is in the past perfect tense. The passive form is 'had been' + past participle.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

He lit all the candles.

  1. All the candles lit him

  2. All the candles were lit by him.

  3. The candles were all lit by him

  4. All the candles had been lit by him.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence is in the simple past tense. The passive form is 'were' + past participle.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

The infant spilt the milk

  1. Milk was spilt by an infant.

  2. The milk was being spilt by an infant.

  3. The milk had spilt over the infant.

  4. The milk was spilt by the infant.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence is in the simple past tense. The passive form is 'was' + past participle.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

A cat licked up the milk.

  1. The milk was licked up by the cat.

  2. The milk was licked up by a cat.

  3. The milk had been licked up by a cat.

  4. The milk has been licked by a cat.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence is in the simple past tense. The passive form is 'was' + past participle.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

I had been teaching English.

  1. English is teaching me

  2. English is being taught by me.

  3. English has been teaching by me.

  4. English had been taught by me.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Because it is in the past, we would change the voice to "English had been taught  by me".

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

The tiger dragged the prey to the den.

  1. The prey was dragged to the den by the tiger.

  2. The prey was being dragged by a tiger to the den.

  3. The prey had been dragged to the den by the tiger.

  4. To the den was the prey being dragged to by the tiger.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence is in the simple past tense. The passive form is 'was' + past participle.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

The children were teasing the animals in the zoo.

  1. The animals were teasing the children in the zoo

  2. The animals in the zoo were teased by the children.

  3. In the zoo, the animals were being teased by the children.

  4. The animals in the zoo were being teased by the children.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence is in the past continuous tense. The passive form is 'were being' + past participle.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

We should respect elders.

  1. Elders should be respected by us.

  2. Our elders should be respected by us.

  3. Elders should have been respected by us

  4. Elders should respect us.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Sentences with modal verbs like 'should' use the passive structure 'should be' + past participle.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice.

The children learnt a new lesson.

  1. A new lesson was learnt by the children.

  2. The new lesson was learnt by the children.

  3. A new lesson had been learnt by the children.

  4. New lesson was being learnt by the children.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence is in the simple past tense. The passive form is 'was' + past participle.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the question, a sentence has been given in Active Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested below, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in the Passive Voice.

He told me a story.

  1. I was told a story by him

  2. A story was told by him

  3. I was told a story

  4. He was told a story
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'Me' becomes the subject 'I', the second object remains unchanged. The subject 'He' changes to object and is used with 'by'

Multiple choice

Directions: In the question, a sentence has been given in Active Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested below, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in the Passive Voice.

Why haven’t they allowed you to go?

  1. Why you haven’t been allowed to go?

  2. Why haven’t you been allowed to go?

  3. Why you were not allowed to go?

  4. Why were you not allowed to go?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

 The object 'you' becomes the subject; the 'be' form is added before the past partciple form of verb.