Active/Passive Voice - English Questions and Answers

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English » Active/Passive Voice

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

I was taught by Shyam how to drive.

A

Shyam taught me how to drive.

B

I taught Shyam how to drive.

C

Shyam has taught me how to drive.

D

Shyam is teaching me how to drive.

Solution

option a is the right answer according to the rules;

Active and Passive Voice Rules for Past Simple Tense

Here in the below table, you can check Active and Passive Voice Rules for past simple tense.

Active Voice

Passive Voice

(Auxiliary Verb- was/were)

Subject + V2+ object

Object+ was/were V3+ by + subject

Subject +did+ not+v1+ object

Object + was/were+ not +V3+ by Subject

Did+ subject+V1+ object+?

Was/were + Object+ V3+ by subject +?

English » Active/Passive Voice

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

Nobody fed him when he was starving.

A

He was not fed by anybody when he was starving.

B

He were fed by nobody when he was starving.

C

He had not been fed by anybody when he was starving.

D

He is not fed by anybody when he is starving.

Solution

option A is right according to the rule;

Active Voice

Passive Voice

(Auxiliary Verb- was/were)

Subject + V2+ object

Object+ was/were V3+ by + subject

Subject +did+ not+v1+ object

Object + was/were+ not +V3+ by Subject

Did+ subject+V1+ object+?

Was/were + Object+ V3+ by subject +?

English » Active/Passive Voice

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

I laughed at the clown.

A

The clown is laughed by me.

B

The clown is being laughed at by me.

C

The clown was laughed at by me.

D

The clown was being laughed by me. 

English » Active/Passive Voice

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

Our team has been defeated.

A

Our team defeated the opposition.

B

The opposition has defeated our team.

C

The opposition had been defeated by our team.

D

The opposition defeated our team.

English » Active/Passive Voice

Change the Voice of the following

I am looking for him

A

He has looked for me

B

He is looked for by me

C

He is being looked for by me

D

He has looked for me

English » Active/Passive Voice

Change the Voice-

Listen to me.

A

It should be listened

B

It should be listened by me

C

 I should be listened to

D

 Let me be listened

English » Active/Passive Voice

Change the Voice of the following

Open the box

A

 The box be opened

B

The box should be opened

C

The box has been opened

D

 Let the box be opened

English » Active/Passive Voice

Change the Voice of the following

I am to stay here

A

Here is to be stayed by me

B

I am to be stayed

C

I am obliged to stay here

D

I am being stayed here

English » Active/Passive Voice

Change the following into Passive Voice-

I bade him go

A

He was bed to go

B

He was bade to go

C

He was go to bed

D

He was bidden to go

English » Active/Passive Voice

Directions (11-12): Change the voice

 I have bought a new car.

A

A new car was bought by me.

B

A new car is brought by me.

C

A new car has been bought by me.

D

A new car had been bought by me.

English » Active/Passive Voice

Directions (11-12): Change the voice

Teachers might have given their students some concessions.

A

Their students might have given some concessions to their teachers.

B

Their students might be given some concession by their teachers.

C

Their students might be giving some concessions to their teachers.

D

Students might have been given some concessions by their teachers.

English » Active/Passive Voice

Shyam is making me fool. (Voice)

A

 I am being made by Shyam

B

I am made fool by Shyam

C

I am being made fool by Shyam

D

None of these

English » Active/Passive Voice

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

Diwali sweets were being prepared by our grandmother.

A

Our grandmother was preparing Diwali sweets.

B

Our grandmother is preparing Diwali sweets.

C

Our grandmother prepared Diwali sweets.

D

Our grandmother prepares Diwali sweets.

English » Active/Passive Voice

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

We will not remind you again.

A

You will not remind us again.  

B

You will not be reminding us again.  

C

You will not have reminded us again.  

D

You will not be reminded by us again.  

English » Active/Passive Voice

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

The lawyer had presented the facts of the case well.

A

The facts of the case had been presented well by the lawyer.

B

The facts of the case had presented the lawyer well.

C

The lawyer was presented well by the facts of the case.

D

The facts of the case were being presented by the lawyer well.

English » Active/Passive Voice

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

The door was opened by the children for their father.

A

The children was opened the door for their father.

B

The children opened the door for their father.

C

The children opens the door for their father.

D

The children are opens the door for their father.

English » Active/Passive Voice

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

I am going to ask all employees about the incident that took place in the canteen yesterday.

A

All the employees will go to be questioned by me about the incident that took place in the canteen yesterday.

B

All the employees are asked by me about the incident that took place in the canteen yesterday.

C

All the employees are gone to be asked about the incident that took place in the canteen yesterday.

D

All the employees are going to be asked about the incident that took place in the canteen yesterday.

English » Active/Passive Voice

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

The people will make him the leader.

A

He had been made the leader by people.

B

He will be made the leader by the people.

C

People made him the leader.

D

He was made leader by the people.

English » Active/Passive Voice

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

I know him.

A

I am known to him. 

B

Let him be known to me.

C

He is known to myself. 

D

He is known to me. 

English » Active/Passive Voice

Change the Voice of the following—  

Nobody can change destiny 

A

Destiny can not be changed by somebody

B

Destiny can not be changed by nobody

C

Destiny can not be changed

D

Destiny can be changed by nobody