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Active and Passive Voice

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Active and Passive Voice Questions

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.

Has anybody done the work?

  1. Has the work been done by anybody?

  2. Somebody has done the work.

  3. The work has been done by somebody.

  4. Has all the work done by somebody?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

 'Work' becomes the subject, the verb 'done' changes to past participle(been done).

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.

Tobacco manufacturers are making considerable efforts to gain new clients.

  1. Considerable efforts are being made by tobacco manufacturers to gain new clients.

  2. Considerable efforts were being made by tobacco manufacturers to gain new clients.

  3. Considerable efforts are made by tobacco manufacturers to gain new clients.

  4. To gain new clients by tobacco manufacturers considerable efforts are being made.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

 'Tobacco manufacturers' is changed into the object and the preposition 'by' is added before the object.

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.

Cigarette smoking causes two million deaths annually in the industrial states.

  1. Cigarette smoking has been causing two million deaths annually in the industrial states.

  2. Two million deaths are caused annually by cigarette smoking in the industrial states.

  3. Two million deaths are being caused by cigarette smoking annually in the industrial states.

  4. Two million deaths have been caused annually by cigarette smoking in the industrial states.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

 'Cigarrete smoking' becomes the object and is preceded by 'by', the verb 'causes' is changed to 'are caused'.

Multiple choice

Choose the passive voice of—'Who ate my cheese?'

  1. By whom is my cheese being eaten?

  2. By whom was my cheese eaten?

  3. By whom will my cheese be eaten?

  4. By whom was my cheese been eaten?
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The active sentence 'Who ate my cheese?' is in the simple past tense. The passive form requires 'By whom' + 'was' + object + 'eaten'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.

The great Mughal Emperor Shahjahan built the Taj Mahal.

  1. The Taj Mahal was built by the great Mughal Emperor Shahjahan.

  2. Mughal Emperor Shahjahan built the great Taj Mahal.

  3. The Taj Mahal is built by the great Mughal Emperor Shahjahan.

  4. The Taj Mahal is being built by the great Mughal Emperor Shahjahan.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Active voice: Shahjahan built; passive voice: was built by Shahjahan