English Language

Active and Passive Voice

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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: Select the correct passive voice for the following sentence.

I must take away the bundle.

  1. The bundle must be taken away by me.

  2. Away the bundle must be taken by me.

  3. The bundle should be taken away by me.

  4. The bundle has to be taken away by me.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

(2) is incorrect because it is not properly arranged. (3) is incorrect because ‘must’ cannot be changed into ‘should’. (4) is incorrect because ‘must’ cannot be changed into Present Perfect Tense.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct passive voice for the following sentence.

The farmer killed the snake with a stick.

  1. The snake was killed by the farmer with a stick.

  2. The snake was killed with a stick by the farmer.

  3. The snake has been killed by the farmer.

  4. The snake will be killed with a stick by the farmer.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Simple past changes to "was/were + 3rd" form of the verb. Option 2 is correctly formed sentence and option 1 has misplaced conjunction.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct passive voice for the following sentence.

He kissed the fountain with his thirsty lips.

  1. The thirsty lips were kissed with the fountain by him.

  2. The fountain is kissed with his thirsty lips by him.

  3. The fountain was kissed with his thirsty lips by him.

  4. The fountain will be kissed with his thirsty lips by him.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(1) is incorrect because the sentence is framed wrongly. (2) is incorrect because the present tense is used in stead of the past. (4) is incorrect because the future tense is used in stead of the past.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct passive voice for the following sentence.

Tell me the truth.

  1. I should be told the truth.

  2. Me should be told the truth.

  3. The truth should be told by me.

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

(2) is incorrect because ‘me’ is never used in the place of a subject. (3) is incorrect because there is no subject in the original sentence and hence ‘by me’ is incorrect. (4) is incorrect because (1) is is the correct option.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct passive voice for the following sentence.

The old man was feeding the sparrows.

  1. The sparrows were fed by the old man.

  2. The sparrows had been fed by the old man.

  3. The sparrows are being fed by the old man.

  4. The sparrows were being fed by the old man.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice of a sentence (from active to passive), we are required to interchange the respective positions of the subject and the object, but the tense remains unchanged and ‘third form of the verb’ is used. However, we add auxiliary to indicate the tense used in the original sentence. This  is a case of past continuous tense. Option 4 is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct passive voice for the following sentence.

The rich man distributed blankets among the poor.

  1. Blankets were being distributed among the poor by the rich man.

  2. Blankets have been distributed among the poor by the rich man.

  3. Blankets are distributed among the poor by the rich man.

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct Ans. (4) While changing the voice of a sentence (from active to passive), we are required to interchange the respective positions of the subject and the object, but the tense remains unchanged and ‘third form of the verb’ is used. However, we add auxiliary to indicate the tense used in the original sentence. This is a case of past indefinite tense. The correct answer is ‘’Blankets were distributed among the poor by the rich man”.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct passive voice for the following sentence.

The teacher asked me a question.

  1. I was asked a question by the teacher.

  2. A question was asked to me by the teacher.

  3. I had been asked a question by the teacher.

  4. Both (1) and (2)

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

While changing the voice of a sentence (from active to passive), we are required to interchange the respective positions of the subject and the object, but the tense remains unchanged and ‘third form of the verb’ is used. However, we add auxiliary to indicate the tense used in the original sentence. This  is the case of past indefinite tense. Here, both option 1 and 2 are framed correctly. So, option 4 is the answer.