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. I was not told about the accident .

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the active voice. In active voice, the subject performs the action (in this case, "No one").
• To change the sentence into the passive voice, the object of the active sentence ("me") becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
• The verb "told" in past tense remains in the past tense form in the passive sentence.
• The correct passive form is "I was not told about the accident," which maintains the tense and meaning of the original sentence.

Correct sentence: I was not told about the accident.

Additional Information

• Active Voice: The subject performs the action in the sentence.
  • Example: The manager approved the request.
• Passive Voice: The subject receives the action in the sentence.
  • Example: The request was approved by the manager.
• Key Rule for Passive Voice Conversion:
  • The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
  • The verb is changed to its passive form ("was told," "is told," "has been told," etc.).
  • Prepositions such as "by" are often used to indicate the original subject in passive sentences.

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.

Key Points

• Passive voice structure: The subject of the active voice becomes the object in the passive voice, and the focus shifts to the receiver of the action.
• The given sentence is already in the passive voice: "He was taken to the hospital in a critical condition by his friends."
• To convert it to active voice: Identify the original subject (his friends) and the verb (took).
• Rearrange the sentence to focus on the subject performing the action: "His friends took him to the hospital in a critical condition."
• Ensure the meaning remains the same while changing the structure.

Additional Information

• Option 1: "In a critical condition, his friends were taking him to the hospital." – Incorrect as it changes the tense to past continuous.
• Option 3: "To the hospital, his friends took him in a critical condition." – Grammatically correct but unnecessarily changes the word order.
• Option 4: "His friends, in a critical condition, took him to the hospital." – Incorrect as it implies the friends were in a critical condition, not him.

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).

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.