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

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.

Here the correct answer is They are building a new gallery inside the city stadium. 

Key Points

• To convert a sentence from passive voice to active voice, we need to identify the subject performing the action and make it the subject of the sentence.
• In this case, the subject is "They" and the action is "building a new gallery inside the city stadium."
• The sentence is in present continuous tense.
• 'is being built' changes to 'are building'.
• Therefore, the active voice sentence would be "They are building a new gallery inside the city stadium."
• Option 1 ("They will build a new gallery inside the city stadium") is in future tense and does not accurately reflect the present tense of the original sentence. 
• Option 2 ("They were building a new gallery inside the city stadium") is in past tense and does not accurately reflect the present tense of the original sentence. 
• Option 3 ("They have been building a new gallery inside the city stadium") is in present perfect tense and implies that the action started in the past and is still ongoing, which is not specified in the original sentence. 
• Therefore, option 4 ("They are building a new gallery inside the city stadium") is the correct answer.

Correct Sentence: They are building a new gallery inside the city stadium. 

The correct answer is '2' i.e. A remarkable discovery was made in his field of study by the scientist.

Key Points

• The original sentence is in the active voice, where the subject (scientist) performs the action (made) on the object (remarkable discovery).
• In the passive voice, the focus shifts to the object (remarkable discovery), and the subject becomes the agent introduced by the phrase "by the scientist".
• The correct passive form of the sentence is: "A remarkable discovery was made in his field of study by the scientist."
• Option 2 accurately conveys the passive voice transformation while maintaining the meaning and clarity of the original sentence.

Correct sentence: A remarkable discovery was made in his field of study by the scientist.

Additional Information

• Active Voice: The subject performs the action. Example: "The teacher explained the lesson."
• Passive Voice: The object of the action becomes the focus, and the subject is secondary or implied. Example: "The lesson was explained by the teacher."
• Key Transformation Rule:
  • Identify the subject, verb, and object in the active voice sentence.
  • Shift the object to the subject position in the passive voice.
  • Use the correct tense of the verb "to be" followed by the past participle of the main verb.
  • Add the original subject after the verb preceded by "by" (optional).

The correct answer is '4' i.e. By whom were you taught Tamil?

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the Active Voice and is a question: "Who taught you Tamil?"
• To convert it into Passive Voice, the object of the active voice ("you") becomes the subject of the passive voice.
• In Passive Voice, the sentence structure typically follows: Object + was/were + past participle + (by + subject).
• The correct transformation is: "By whom were you taught Tamil?"

Correct sentence: By whom were you taught Tamil?

Additional Information

• Active Voice: The subject performs the action (e.g., "Who taught you Tamil?").
• Passive Voice: The subject receives the action (e.g., "By whom were you taught Tamil?").
• When converting questions to Passive Voice, the sentence structure changes, but the meaning remains the same.

The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. The authority bade the migrant leave the country.

Explanation

While converting a 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.
• Here the question is given in Passive Voice so it has to be changed into Active Voice.
• If the verbs like Let, bid, help, and make are used in Active Voice followed by a Bare Infinitive and if they are used in Passive Voice then they are followed by Infinitive, not Bare Infinitive.
  • For eg. He was made to wash all the clothes by me. (Passive Voice)

                                 I made him wash all the clothes. (Active Voice)

Following the above-mentioned rule, we finally get  "The authority bade the migrant leave the country."

Mistake point

• One might feel Option 4 is the correct answer but always remember 'the verbs like Let, bid, help, and make are used in Active Voice followed by a Bare Infinitive' i.e without 'to'.

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 By whom are you being bothered?

Key Points

• When an interrogative sentence starts with the question words like what, when, where, how, or who, we use them at the starting of the sentence while changing into passive voice.
• ​Here, 'who' is the subject, which will be changed to its objective form 'whom' and would be preceded by the preposition 'by'.
• Continuous form in active voice (is + ing) changes into (is/are/am + being + V₃)
• Structure of active voice: Who + is + V(ing) + Object?
• Passive: By + subject (objective form of subject) + h.v + object + being + V3.

Additional Information 

The correct answer is option 4) i.e. Everyone was laughing at the hunchback.

• In Active Voice, a sentence emphasizes subject performing an action.
• In Passive Voice, a sentence emphasizes the action or the object of the sentence.
• The given sentence is in the passive voice and 'The hunchback' is the subject and 'everyone' is the object.
• When we convert this sentence into active voice, the subject 'The hunchback' of the passive voice becomes the object, the object 'everyone' becomes the subject.
• The passive format "was + being + V3" is used and the active format "was + ing" should be used.
• This is the active and passive voice rule for the past continuous tense.
• Hence, "Everyone was laughing at the hunchback" is the correct active voice.

• 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 '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 Have they occupied the villa?

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the present perfect tense.
• In the present perfect tense passive verb forms are made by putting has/have + been before the past participle form of the verb.
• For converting passive to active voice the places of subject and object are inter-changed and by is removed.
• Sentence structure:
  • Active voice: Subject + has/have + past participle (V3) + object
  • Passive voice: Object + has/have + been + past participle (V3) + (by + subject)
• Thus, the correct active form of the given sentence is option 3. 

Key Points

• Whenever a sentence in present continuous tense is changed into its passive voice, then we follow the given structure:-
• 'Is/am/are + V_ing' is changed to 'is/am/are + being + V₃'.
• For Example:-
  • Active - They are playing cricket in that field.
  • Passive - Cricket is being played by them in that field.