Active to Passive MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Active to Passive - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is '3' i.e. A promise should be kept.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the active voice, where the subject performs the action of the verb.
• To convert it into the passive voice, the object of the active voice becomes the subject of the passive voice.
• The structure of a passive voice sentence is: Object + should be + past participle (verb).
• In this case, "one’s promise" is the object in the active voice and becomes the subject in the passive voice.
• However, for general use, "a promise" is preferred instead of "one’s promise."

Correct sentence: A promise should be kept.

Additional Information

• Passive Voice Basics:
  • Use the passive voice when the focus is on the action rather than the doer.
  • The subject in the active voice becomes the object in the passive voice (if mentioned).
• Examples of Passive Voice:
  • Active: She writes a letter. → Passive: A letter is written by her.
  • Active: They will complete the project. → Passive: The project will be completed by them.

Key Points

• Passive voice structure: The object of the active voice sentence becomes the subject of the passive voice sentence.
• In the active voice, the sentence is: "We should listen to his sagacious words all the time."
• To convert to passive voice: Place the object "his sagacious words" at the beginning.
• Change the active verb form "should listen" to "should be listened to" (modal verb + passive form).
• Ensure the time phrase "all the time" remains at the end of the sentence for clarity.

Additional Information

• Option 1: "His sagacious words should be listened." – Incorrect because the preposition "to" is missing.
• Option 2: "All the time, his sagacious words should be listened to." – Grammatically correct but slightly awkward in construction.
• Option 4: "His sagacious words all the time should be listened to." – Incorrect word order.

The correct answer is '1' i.e. Ceaser was stabbed by Brutus .

Key Points

• The sentence "Brutus stabbed Ceaser" is in the active voice, where the subject (Brutus) performs the action.
• To convert it into the passive voice, the object of the active sentence (Ceaser) becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
• The structure of a passive voice sentence is Object + was/were + past participle + by + subject.
• Among the given options, "Ceaser was stabbed by Brutus" correctly follows this structure and maintains the correct tense.

Correct sentence: Ceaser was stabbed by Brutus.

Additional Information

• Common Passive Voice Structures:
  • Present Simple: Object + is/am/are + past participle (e.g., The book is read by her).
  • Past Simple: Object + was/were + past participle (e.g., The homework was completed by the student).
  • Future Simple: Object + will be + past participle (e.g., The project will be finished by the team).

Key Points

• Passive voice of present continuous tense uses the form: is/are/am + being + past participle (V3).
• Active sentence: "He is writing the book." is in the present continuous tense.
• "The book" is the object in the active sentence and becomes the subject in the passive sentence.
• The passive form is: "The book is being written by him."

Additional Information

• Option 1: "The book has been written by him." – Present perfect tense; incorrect transformation.
• Option 3: "The book is written by him." – Simple present tense; incorrect tense.
• Option 4: "The book was written by him." – Simple past tense; incorrect transformation.

Key Points

• Passive voice structure: The object of the active voice sentence becomes the subject of the passive voice sentence.
• In the active voice, the sentence is: "They drew a circle in the morning."
• To convert this to passive voice: Place the object "a circle" at the beginning.
• Change the verb "drew" to "was drawn" (past simple passive).
• Keep the time phrase "in the morning" in the same position for clarity.

Additional Information

• Option 1: "A circle was being drawn by them in the morning." – This is the past continuous passive, but the original sentence is in the simple past tense, so this option does not match.
• Option 3: "In the morning a circle have been drawn by them." – The verb form "have been" is incorrect in this context; it should be "was drawn" for simple past tense.
• Option 4: "A circle has been drawing since morning." – This is in the present perfect continuous tense, which doesn't match the original sentence's past tense.

The correct answer is 'The child should be given a nourishing diet.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the Active Voice. As per the given question we have to change the sentence into Passive Form. 
• The transformation of these kinds of sentences is:
  • The given sentence is an example of an imperative sentence.
  • The notion of the given sentence is the suggestion.
    • V₁ + Object. (Active Voice)
    • Subject (Objective case) + should + be + V3. (Passive Voice)
  • Example:
    • Help the poor. (Active Voice)
    • The poor should be helped. (Passive Voice)
  • Hence, as per the above rule, the correct answer is Option 1.
     

Correct Sentence: The child should be given a nourishing diet.

The correct answer is 'Promises should be kept.'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in active voice.
• It is an imperative sentence that expresses advice.
• The structure of the sentence in passive voice is : Subject (object)+ should be +past participle of the verb.
• Promises will be the subject of the sentence in the passive voice and after that 'should be' is written followed by 'kept' (past participle of keep')
• Thus, the correct answer is option 1.

Correct Passive Voice: Promises should be kept.

The correct answer is The parents as well as the child have been invited

Key Points

• The instructions given below should be followed while changing an assertive sentence to passive voice.
  • Find the subject and object of the sentence and exchange their places; make changes in their cases as well if subject and object are pronouns.
  • Use preposition by before the agent.
  • Use an appropriate helping verb in passive form according to the tense of the active form. (Present perfect - has/have + been)
  • Always use the third form of the main verb in passive form.
  • At last line up the remaining part.
• So, the final sentence is - The parents as well as the child have been invited.​

Important Points

• In a sentence, if two subjects are joined by certain conjunctions like with, along with, as well as, in addition to, except, rather than, and not, but, etc., the verb will follow the first subject.  
  • Example: The King, as well as his courtiers, was invited for the feast. 
• In the passive voice of the given sentence, the verb 'have' follows the first subject 'the parents'.​

Additional Information

• The voice of the sentence should be changed according to the following rules:    

The correct answer is She will be told later by Manu. 

Key Points

• In the passive voice of simple future tense, the auxiliary verb shall / will is used with be and past participle of a verb.
• The object of the sentence becomes the subject.
• Here action will be done on the object in the future.
• Formation:
  • Active: Subject + will/shall + V1 + object.
  • Passive: Object + will/shall + be + V3 + by + subject.
• Thus, the correct passive form of the given sentence is option 3. 

The correct answer is 'All tasks are handled efficiently by her'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in Active Voice. As per the question we have to change it into Passive Voice. 
• The structure of the given sentence is as follows:
  • Subject + V1 + Object. (Active Voice)
  • Subject (Objective Case) + is/am/are + V3 + Object (Subjective Case). (Passive Voice) 

• Example:
  • Aastha teaches English. (Active Voice) 
  • English is taught by Aastha. (Passive Voice)
• The subject of the given sentence is 'She'. 
• The object of the given sentence is 'All tasks'. 
• The subject will be put in place of the object and the object will be put in place of the subject.
• 'handles' will be changed into 'are handled'.
   

Correct Sentence: All tasks are handled efficiently by her.

The correct answer is "The sewage water is foul when it is smelt".

Key Points

• In active voice, sometimes verbs can certainly be followed by adjectives. This typically happens with linking verbs.
• Linking verbs do not express action. Instead, they connect the subject of the verb to additional information about that subject.
• The most common linking verb is "to be," but others include "seem," "become," "appear," etc.
• Here are a few examples:
  • The cake is delicious.
  • He seems tired.
  • She became furious.
  • The weather appears gloomy.
• For example: Active: Rose smells sweet. 
  • Passive: Rose is sweet when it is smelt. 
• Passive Structure: Subject + Verb (A/c tense & number) + Adjective + when + pronoun (A/c number) + H.V + 3rd form of verb (M.V in 3rd form) 
  • Active: Those mangoes tasted sour. 
  • Passive: Those mangoes were sour when they were tasted. 
• From the above explanation it is clear that the correct sentence is: "The sewage water is foul when it is smelt".

Therefore, the correct answer is "Option 4".

Note: The official answer key marks "Passive construction is not possible" as the correct answer. 

Additional Information

• These passive voice examples might seem a little odd and that's because not all sentences, especially those with linking verbs and adjectives, translate naturally to the passive voice.
• The passive voice is typically formed by phrases that look like "is/are/was/were + past participle," but when adjectives are involved, especially with linking verbs like be/seem/become/appear, the formulation of passive voice can be less straightforward and less commonly used.
• Usually, passive voice is more commonly used when an action verb is involved:
  • For example: Active: The cat chased the mouse.
    • Passive: The mouse was chased by the cat.

The correct answer is: The clothes are washed by Priya in the evening.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the active form and we need to change it to the passive form.
• The given sentence is written in the simple present tense.
• The simple present tense in the active voice has the following structure: Subject + V1+s/es+ object
• The simple present tense in the passive voice has the following structure: Object+ is/am/are+ V3+ by + subject
• Example - 
  • Active voice - He reads a novel.
  • Passive voice - A novel is read.
• Rules of Conversion from Active to Passive Voice:
  • Identify the subject, the verb, and the object.
  • Change the subject into an object.
  • Change the verb into the past participle form.
  • Change the object into the subject.

​Therefore, the correct answer is option 3.
Correct Passive Voice: The clothes are washed by Priya in the evening.

The correct answer is "A number of protestors were beaten by the police last night".

Key Points  

• In Active Voice, a sentence emphasizes the subject, performing an action.
• In Passive Voice, a sentence emphasizes the action or the object of the sentence.
• The given sentence is in the active voice and 'The police' is the subject and 'a number of protestors' is the object.
• When we convert this sentence into passive voice, the subject 'The police' of the active voice becomes the object, the object 'a number of protestors' becomes the subject.
• The passive format "were + V3" should be used.
• This is the active and passive voice rule for the past simple tense.
• Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

Additional Information

• Verbs of passive format have a different set of tenses (*V3 - Past participle or Third form of the Verb) as given below in the table:
   

  TENSE	ACTIVE	PASSIVE	PASSIVE CONVERSION
  Present Simple	He plays football	am/is/are + V3	Football is played by him
  Present Continuous	He is playing football	am/is/are + being +V3	Football is being played by him
  Present Perfect	He has played football	Has/have + been+ V3	Football has been played by him
  Present Perfect Continuous	He has been playing football	Not used and unusual.	Not used and unusual
  Past Simple	He played football	Was/were + V3	Football was played by him
  Past Continuous	He was playing football	Was/were + being + V3	Football was being played by him
  Past Perfect	He had played football	Had + been + V3	Football had been played by him
  Past Perfect Continuous	He had been playing football	Not used and unusual	Not used and unusual
  Future Simple	He will play football	Will + be + V3	Football will be played by him
  Future Continuous	He will be playing football	Not used and unusual	Not used and unusual
  Future Perfect	He will have played football	Will have been + V3	Football will have been played by him
  Future Perfect Continuous	He will have been playing football	Not used and unusual	Not used and unusual

The correct answer is 'I am known to Mrs. Sharma.'

Key Points  

• In the Active Voice, the emphasis is on the subject which performs an action.
• In the Passive Voice, the emphasis is on the object of the sentence which is the receiver or recipient of the action being performed. 
• In the given sentence, the subject is 'Mrs. Sharma' and the object is 'me'.
• The sentence is in the present indefinite tense.
• The structure is:
  • Sub + V1 (s/es) + object. 
• In the passive voice, the structure is:
  • Obj + is/am/are + the past particple (V3) + (by + subject).
• We use the preposition 'to' after 'known'. So, we won't use 'by' here.
• Therefore, the correct answer is option 3. 

Additional Information

• Verbs of passive format have a different set of tenses (*V3 - the Past participle or the third form of the Verb) as given below in the table:
   

  TENSE	ACTIVE	PASSIVE	PASSIVE CONVERSION
  Present Simple	He plays football	am/is/are + V3	Football is played by him
  Present Continuous	He is playing football	am/is/are + being +V3	Football is being played by him
  Present Perfect	He has played football	Has/have + been+ V3	Football has been played by him
  Present Perfect Continuous	He has been playing football	Not used and unusual.	Not used and unusual
  Past Simple	He played football	Was/were + V3	Football was played by him
  Past Continuous	He was playing football	Was/were + being + V3	Football was being played by him
  Past Perfect	He had played football	Had + been + V3	Football had been played by him
  Past Perfect Continuous	He had been playing football	Not used and unusual	Not used and unusual
  Future Simple	He will play football	Will + be + V3	Football will be played by him
  Future Continuous	He will be playing football	Not used and unusual	Not used and unusual
  Future Perfect	He will have played football	Will have been + V3	Football will have been played by him
  Future Perfect Continuous	He will have been playing football	Not used and unusual	Not used and unusual

Here the correct answer is The players were reprimanded by the coach for poor performance.
Key Points

• The above-given sentence is in the active voice. 
• We need to change it in the passive voice.
• The following steps are required to change the given sentence into passive voice:-
  • The subject 'the coach' of the active voice will become the object of the passive voice.
  • The object 'the players' of the active voice will become the subject of the passive voice.
  • The tense(simple past tense) will change according to the following structure:-
    • Active Voice - Subject + (did + V₁) or (V₂) + Object.
    • Passive Voice - Object + was/were + V₃ + by + Subject.

Therefore, the correct passive voice is The players were reprimanded by the coach for the poor performance.
Additional Information

• When we convert active voice to passive voice, three things need to be kept in mind:-
  • Change object into subject.
  • Change subject into object.
  • Always use the third form of the verb in the passive voice.
  • Use 'by' before the new object.

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• ऊपर दिया गया वाक्य Active Voice में है ।
• हमें इसे Passive Voice में बदलना होगा।
• दिए गए वाक्य को Passive Voice में बदलने के लिए निम्न चरणों की आवश्यकता होती है: -
  • Active Voice का Subject 'the coach' passive voice का object बन जाएगा।
  • Active Voice का Object 'the players' passive voice का subject बन जाएगा।
  • निम्न संरचना के अनुसार काल (simple past tense) बदल जाएगा: -
    • Active Voice -Subject + did + V1 or V2 + Object.
    • Passive Voice - Object + was / were + V 3 + by + Object थे
       

इसलिए, सही निष्क्रिय आवाज है The players were reprimanded by the coach for the poor performance