Active and Passive Voice Exercise

Question 1: Select the correct answer of the changed Voice. “Where have you kept my bag?”

(A) Where has my bag been kept by you?

(B) Where had my bag been kept by you?

(C) Where have you been kept by the bag?

(D) Where has the bag being kept by you?

Question 2: What the passive is of: “I shall tell a story.”

(A) A story shall be told by me.

(B) A story is going to be told by me.

(C) A story will be told by me.

(D) A story would be told by me.

Question 3: Give Passive Voice of the below sentence:

Bats I did not like but I had to endure them.

(A) Bats I did not like but they had to endure me.

(B) Bats I did not like but they were to be endured by me.

(C) Bats I did not like but they had to be endured by me.

(D) Bats I did not like but I had to be endured by them.

Question 4: Find correct passive of:

‘Raju is writing a letter’

(A) A letter is wrote by Raju

(B) A letter is written by Raju.

(C) A letter is being written by Raju.

(D) A letter has been written by Raju.

Question 5: My classmate gave this book to me. (Change the voice)

(A) This book was given my classmate by me.

(B) This book was given to my classmate by me.

(C) My classmate was given this book by me.

(D) This book was given to me by my classmate.

Question 6: Have you invited her? – Turn into passive voice.

(A) Have you been invited by her?

(B) Have she been invited by you?

(C) Has she been invited by you?

(D) Has she invited by you?

Question 7: Given below is the sentence in active voice. Choose the correct sentence given in passive voice among the alternatives.

‘Ought you not to reveal the truth now?’

(A) Should the truth need not be revealed by you then?

(B) Ought the truth not to be revealed by you now?

(C) Ought the truth not to be revealed by you then?

(D) Ought the truth need not be revealed by you now?

Question 8: Directions: The following sentence has been given in Present Perfect Tense in Passive Voice. Transform the sentence in Present Indefinite Tense in Active Voice and mark your answer accordingly.

Crops have been destroyed by floods.

(A) Crops are destroyed by floods.

(B) Crops are being destroyed by floods.

(C) Floods destroy crops.

(D) Crops have been destroying by floods.

Question 9: To whom are you sending these greeting cards?” After changing the voice of the above sentence, it will be ________.

(A) To whom these greeting cards are being sent?

(B) Whom are these greeting cards being sent by you?

(C) Who is sending these greeting cards?

(D) Who is being sent these greeting cards by you?

Question 10: Transform to Passive Voice:

You can play with these toys quite safely.

(A) These toys can play with quite safely

(B) These toys can play with you quite safely.

(C) These toys can be played with you quite safely.

(D) These toys can be played with quite safely.

Question 11: Change the voice: “You see men at their best.”

(A) Men have been seen at their best.

(B) Men is seen at their best.

(C) Men being seen at their best.

(D) Men are seen at their best.

Question 12: Change the Voice: Select the proper one

I want to buy an aeroplane.

(A) I want an aeroplane to bought.

(B) I wish an aeroplane to be bought.

(C) I want an aeroplane to be bought.

(D) An aeroplane to be bought by me.

Question 13: Who broke the glass of window? – Change Voice.

(A) By whose the glass of window is broken?

(B) By whom was the glass of window broken?

(C) By whom the glass of window is broken?

(D) By whom the glass of window was broken?

Question 14: Change the Voice: Do you see pine trees in Kerala?

(A) Are pine trees seen in Kerala by you?

(B) Were pine trees seen in Kerala by you?

(C) Yes, we see pine trees in Kerala.

(D) None

Question 15: Convert the following to Active voice from Passive voice.

Admittance was refused to him by the guard.

(A) He was refused admittance by the guard.

(B) The admittance was refused to him by the guard.

(C) Guard could refuse admittance to him.

(D) The guard refused him admittance.

Question 16: Select the appropriate option which best expresses the given Active voice sentence in Passive voice.

He is said to be very rich.

(A) He said he is very rich.

(B) People say it is very rich.

(C) He said it is very rich.

(D) People say he is very rich.

Question 17: Change into Passive Voice: ‘The boys were playing Cricket.’

(A) Cricket had been played by the boys.

(B) Cricket has been played by the boys.

(C) Cricket was played by boys.

(D) Cricket was being played by the boys.

Question 18: Our teacher told us that knowledge is power. (change the voice)

(A) We were told by our teacher that knowledge is power.

(B) It is told by our teacher that knowledge should be power.

(C) It is told by our teacher that knowledge must be power.

(D) It is told by our teacher that knowledge could be power.

Question 19: Think before you speak and look before you leap. (Change the Voice)

(A) You are request that think before you speak and look before you leap.

(B) We request you to think before you speak and look before you leap.

(C) you are requested to think before you should speak and should look before you leap.

(D) you are requested to think before you speak and look before you leap.

Question 20: Traffic ________ by the school-boys now.

(A) is being controlled

(B) is controlled

(C) is controlling

(D) controlled

Question 21: I have to return this book today. (Change the Voice)

(A) This book is to be returned by me today.

(B) This book had to be returned by me today.

(C) This book has to be returned by me today.

(D) This book has been returned by me today.

Question 22: Turn into active voice. “Ugly ducklings have to be found by you.”

(A) You have found ugly ducklings.

(B) You have to find ugly ducklings.

(C) You have to been find ugly ducklings.

(D) You have to been found Ugly.

Question 23: Write passive form of: Their dog bit our neighbor yesterday.

(A) Our neighbor bit their dog yesterday.

(B) Our neighbor is bitter by their dog yesterday.

(C) Our neighbor was bitter by their dog yesterday.

(D) Our neighbor was bit by their dog yesterday.

Question 24: Change into passive voice:

Ram offered me a job.

(A) Ram was offered a job by me.

(B) A job was offered to me by Ram.

(C) I knew Ram so the job was offered to me.

(D) Ram was the job that was offered to me.

Question 25: Change the voice: By whom was this job done?

(A) Who has done this job?

(B) Who was doing this job?

(C) Who had done this job?

(D) Who did this job?

Question 26: Turn into active voice. “Ugly ducklings have to be found by you.”

(A) You have found ugly ducklings.

(B) You have to find ugly ducklings.

(C) You have to been find ugly ducklings.

(D) You have to been found Ugly.

Question 27: Who taught you Hindi? (Change the Voice)

(A) By whom were you taught Hindi?

(B) Who was taught Hindi by you?

(C) By whom was Hindi taught to you?

(D) Whom did you teach Hindi?

Question 28: Change the Voice: “Do not laugh at a beggar.”

(A) Let a beggar not be laughed at.

(B) A beggar is not at laughed.

(C) You don’t have to laugh at a beggar.

(D) A beggar was not laughed at.

Question 29: Change the Voice: “I am to learn music.”

(A) Music is learnt by me.

(B) Music was to learnt by me.

(C) Music is to be learn by I

(D) Music is to be learnt by me.

Question 30: Change the Voice: “Have you done your Home-work?”

(A) Have your Home-work been done by you?

(B) Has your Home-work been done by you?

(C) Home-work must be done by you.

(D) You are ordered to do your home-work.

Question 31: Your loan ________ . You can collect the money.

(A) will be sanctioned

(B) is sanctioned

(C) has sanctioned

(D) has been sanctioned

Question 32: Please drive the car carefully because the road is ________ .

(A) repaired

(B) been repaired

(C) be repairing

(D) being repaired

Question 33: I am writing the letter because I ________ to do so.

(A) have been asked

(B) was asking

(C) am asking

(D) had asked

Question 34: A mango was ________ by Manju.

(A) eat

(B) ate

(C) eats

(D) eaten

Question 35: She has to finish this work. (Change the Voice)

(A) She has been finished this work.

(B) This work has been finished by her.

(C) This work was finished by her.

(D) This work has to be finished by her.

Question 36: Tea is too hot for me to drink. (Change the Voice)

(A) Too hot tea is drunk by me.

(B) I cannot drink too hot tea.

(C) Tea is too hot to be drunk for me.

(D) Hot tea is drunk by me too.

Question 37: Convert the sentence in active/passive Voice: ‘Darjeeling grows tea.’

(A) Tea grows in Darjeeling.

(B) Tea is grown in Darjeeling.

(C) Let the tea be grown in Darjeeling.

(D) Tea is being grown in Darjeeling.

Question 38: All his friends laughed at him.(Change the Voice)

(A) He is laughed at by all his friends.

(B) He was being laughed at by all his friends.

(C) All his friends were laughing at him.

(D) He was laughed at by all his friends.

Question 39: Put your shoes outside and shut the door. (Change the Voice)

(A) You are requested to put your shoes outside and shut the door.

(B) Let us put your shoe outside and shut the door.

(C) The door was shut and your shoes were put outside.

(D) You must put your shoes outside and shut the door.

Question 40: It seems that you are in some tension. (change the Voice)

(A) It is seemed that some tension is in you.

(B) I can see that you are in some tension.

(C) It should be seemed that you are in some tension.

(D) It is seemed that you are in some tension.