Active & Passive Voice: Verbal Ability Questions – Free Practice!

Ans: B

Explanation: The given sentence “Rohan was pushed into the pool by Karan” is in passive voice. To convert it to active voice, we need to identify the subject (Karan), the verb (pushed), and the object (Rohan). The correct active voice sentence should be in the simple past tense because the passive voice sentence uses “was” which indicates past tense. Therefore, the correct active voice is “Karan pushed Rohan into the pool.”

Ans: B

Explanation: The given sentence “I am paid weekly by my organisation” is in the passive voice. To convert it to the active voice, we need to identify the subject and the verb of the original sentence. The subject is “I” and the implied subject (agent) is “my organisation”. The verb is “am paid”. In the active voice, the agent of the action (the organization) becomes the subject. The original sentence implies a habitual action. The present simple tense (pays) accurately reflects this. Option B correctly presents the active voice of the sentence with the present tense, reflecting the meaning of the original sentence.

Ans: D

Explanation: The given sentence “Tall promises were being made by each promoter” is in passive voice. To convert it to active voice, we need to identify the subject (the doer of the action) and the object (the receiver of the action). In the passive sentence, the subject is “each promoter”, and the action is “making tall promises”. The passive voice uses “were being made”, which indicates the past continuous tense. Therefore, the active voice should also be in the past continuous tense. The correct active voice sentence would be “Each promoter was making tall promises.” Option D matches this tense and structure.

Ans: C

Explanation: The original sentence is in the present continuous tense (“are doing”). The passive voice form should also reflect this tense. The correct passive structure for present continuous is “is/am/are + being + past participle.”

Ans: A

Explanation: The given sentence is in the passive voice. To change it to the active voice, we need to identify the subject (the doer of the action), the verb, and the object. In the passive sentence, “A book has been sent to me by my father on my birthday,” the subject is “my father,” the verb is “has been sent,” and the indirect object is “me” and the direct object is “a book”. The active voice sentence should start with the subject “my father” and should describe the action performed by the father. Option A correctly forms the active voice sentence: “My father has sent me a book on my birthday.”

Ans: B

Explanation: The active voice sentence “She baked a large blueberry cake” has the simple past tense. The passive voice equivalent will also be in the simple past tense, which requires “was/were + past participle”. Option A uses “was being baked,” which indicates the past continuous tense. Option C uses “has been baked,” which indicates the present perfect tense. Option D uses “is baked,” which indicates the present simple tense. Option B uses “was baked,” which correctly indicates the simple past tense in passive voice.

Ans: B

Explanation: The original sentence is in the past tense (“asked”). The passive voice maintains the past tense. Option B, “I was asked to sing a song,” correctly transforms the active voice to passive voice while preserving the past tense and the meaning of the original sentence. Option A uses “being” which is incorrect in this context, option C uses “had been” which changes the tense and option D uses the present tense “am”.

Ans: B

Explanation: The original sentence is in the past perfect tense (“had taken”). The passive form of the past perfect tense is “had been + past participle.” The correct passive voice should maintain the tense. Option B correctly uses “had been taken.” The other options either change the tense incorrectly (D) or have grammatical errors (A and C).

Ans: C

Explanation: The active voice sentence “We all regard Liza as an expert” needs to be changed into the passive voice. In the passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject. The sentence uses the present simple tense, so the passive voice will use the structure “is/am/are + past participle”. “Liza” becomes the subject and “regarded” (past participle of “regard”) is used. The phrase “by all of us” is added. Therefore, the correct passive form is “Liza is regarded as an expert by all of us”.

Ans: B

Explanation: The passive voice sentence “Your lunch box has been packed by mother” indicates a present perfect tense action in the passive voice. To convert it to the active voice, we need to identify the subject and the verb. The subject is “mother” and the action is “packing”. The phrase “has been packed” indicates the present perfect tense. Thus, the active voice form should also reflect present perfect tense. Option B “Mother has packed your lunch box” correctly changes the sentence to the active voice and uses the present perfect tense, which is grammatically correct. Option A uses present continuous tense, which doesn’t match the original sentence’s intended meaning. Options C and D use past perfect and future tense respectively, which also fail to preserve the original sentence’s tense.

Ans: D

Explanation: The passive voice sentence “So much noise ought not to be made by you and your friends” is in the present tense. The active voice equivalent should also be in the present tense. The modal verb “ought to” is followed by the base form of the verb. Option D correctly uses “ought not to make.” Option B uses “ought not to have made” which is past tense. Option C uses “ought not to be making” which is incorrect. Option A has a grammatical error, placing the “not” incorrectly.

Ans: C

Explanation: The given sentence is an imperative sentence (a command or request). The passive voice of an imperative sentence starting with a verb is formed using “Let + object + be + past participle.” In this case, the object is “the rope” and the past participle of “hold” is “held.” Therefore, the correct passive voice is “Let the rope be held firmly.”

Ans: D

Explanation: The active voice sentence “The sunrays burned my face” is in the simple past tense. To convert it to passive voice, the object (“my face”) becomes the subject, and the verb “burned” changes to “was burned” (past participle) along with the preposition “by” before the original subject (“the sunrays”). Therefore, the correct passive voice form is “My face was burned by the sunrays.”

Ans: B

Explanation: The given sentence is in the passive voice. To change it to the active voice, we need to identify the subject (he), the object (candidates), and the tense. The original sentence uses the past perfect continuous tense (“had been interviewed”). The correct active voice equivalent should use the past perfect tense (“had interviewed”). Options A and C use incorrect tenses. Option D uses the past continuous. Option B correctly uses the past perfect tense and maintains the question structure.

Ans: D

Explanation: The active voice sentence “We expect good news about the corona vaccine” needs to be converted to passive voice. The subject in the active sentence is “We” and the object is “good news.” The tense is simple present (“expect”). The correct passive form uses “is/am/are + past participle” of the verb. Therefore, the correct passive form is “Good news is expected by us about the corona vaccine.”

Ans: D

Explanation: The original sentence is in the active voice and past perfect tense (“had transported”). To convert it to passive voice, we need to use the past perfect passive form: “had been + past participle”. The object of the active sentence (“all his equipment”) becomes the subject of the passive sentence. The correct passive sentence is “All his equipment had been transported by him to his factory.”

Ans: A

Explanation: The original sentence “It is time to revise the syllabi” implies an action that needs to be done on the syllabi. To express this in passive voice, we need to focus on what happens *to* the syllabi. Option A, “It is time for the syllabi to be revised,” correctly uses the structure “It is time for something to be + past participle,” making it the passive voice equivalent. Options B and C are grammatically incorrect. Option D changes the tense unnecessarily.

Ans: B

Explanation: The original sentence is in the present continuous tense (“is holding”). The passive voice equivalent of the present continuous tense uses “being” + past participle. Therefore, the correct passive form should be “are being held”.

Ans: A

Explanation: The active voice sentence “The armed forces put up an impressive parade on Republic Day” needs to be converted into passive voice. The subject “The armed forces” becomes the agent, and the object “an impressive parade” becomes the subject of the passive sentence. The verb “put up” needs to be converted into its passive form, which is “was put up” since the original sentence is in the simple past tense. The preposition “by” is used to introduce the agent.

Ans: C

Explanation: The original sentence is in the active voice. To convert it to passive voice, the object (“the prisoner”) becomes the subject, and the verb (“found”) is changed to a passive form (“was found”). The subject (“the judge”) becomes the agent, introduced by “by.” Option C follows this structure correctly. Option A uses “has been,” which indicates present perfect tense and is not the correct passive voice of the given sentence. Option B uses “had been,” which indicates past perfect tense and is also incorrect. Option D inverts the subject and object and changes the meaning of the sentence.