Voice Change Exercise
1 What is the passive form of the sentence "I had painted a picture"?
A. A picture was painted by me.
B. A picture had been painted by me.
C. A picture had painted by me.
D. All are correct.
2 What is the active form of the sentence "A mistake has been made by you"?
A. You has made a mistake.
B. You had made a mistake.
C. You have made a mistake.
D. You made a mistake.
3 What is the passive form of "Mother teaches us English."
A. English is taught us by mother.
B. English teaching is given to us by mother.
C. I am given English teaching by mother.
D. All are correct.
4 "He gave me a book." What is its passive form?
A. A book had been given me by him.
B. I had been given a book by him.
C. A book was given me by him.
D. I was given a book by him.
5 "A poem will be being written by her." What is its active form?
A. She is writing a poem.
B. She will be writing a poem.
C. She would be writing a poem.
D. All are correct.
6 What is the passive form of "You must do it."
A. Must it be done by you?
B. It is done by you must.
C. It must be done by you.
D. It must will be done by you.
7 "Show him the way." What is its passive form?
A. The way is shown him by you.
B. Let the way be shown to him.
C. He is shown the way by you.
D. Let the way be shown him.
8 Find out the correct sentence.
A. His father was died.
B. His father died.
C. He appeared on the scene.
D. He was appeared on the scene.
9 "I can recite the poem." What is its passive form?
A. Recitation of the poem is possible by me.
B. Recitation of the poem can be performed by me.
C. The poem can be recited by me.
D. The poem could be recited by me.
10 "I had been reaping the corn." What is its passive form?
A. The corn had been reaped by me.
B. The corn had reaped by me.
C. The corn had been being reaped by me.
D. The corn was reaped by me.
11 What is the passive form of "The durban refused him admittance."
A. His admittance was refused by the durban.
B. He was refused admittance by the durban.
C. Admission was refused him by the durban.
D. All are correct.
12 "Circumstances will oblige me to go." Which is its passive form?
A. My going will be obliged by circumstances.
B. I will be obliged to go by the circumstances.
C. I will be obliged to go.
D. All are correct.
13 Find out the active form of "Promises should be kept."
A. You should keep your promises.
B. One should keep his promises.
C. One should keep one's promises.
D. A and C.
14 Find out the passive form of "He keeps me waiting."
A. My waiting is kept by him.
B. I am kept waiting by him.
C. I am kept by him waiting.
D. B and C.
15 Find out the passive form of "The Romans expected to conquer Carthage."
A. To conquer Carthage was expected by the Romans.
B. It was expected by the Romans that they would conquer Carthage.
C. Carthage was expected to conquer by the Romans.
D. All are correct.
16 "All of his friends laughed at him." What is its passive form?
A. He was laughed at by all his friends.
B. He was laughed by all his friends.
C. He was laughed at by all of his friends.
D. He was laughed by all of his friends.
17 Find out the passive form of "They painted the house red."
A. The house is painted red by them.
B. The house was red painted by them.
C. The house was painted red by them.
D. All are correct.
18 "He is gone." What is its passive form?
A. He has gone.
B. He goes.
C. He will go.
D. It has no passive form.
19 "He decided that the house should be sold." — find out its active form.
A. He decided that he should sell the house.
B. He decided that he better sell the house.
C. He decided to sell the house.
D. All are correct.
20"You cannot pump the ocean dry." What is its passive form?
A. The ocean cannot be pumped by you dry.
B. The ocean cannot be pumped by you dry.
C. The ocean cannot be pumped dry by you.
D. The ocean would not be pumped dry by you.
Answers (Voice)
[B]
[C]
[A]
[C, D]
[B]
[C]
[B]
[B, C]
[C]
[A]
[B, C]
[C]
[D]
[B]
[B]
[B]
[C]
[D]
[C]
[C]
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