SCERT D. El. Ed 2026 – General English Active and Passive Voice

Assam D. El. Ed - General English

SCERT D. El. Ed 2026 – General English MCQs

SCERT D. El. Ed 2026 – General English MCQs

Active and Passive Voice

Q101. Change to passive: ‘She writes a letter.’
  • A. A letter is written by her.
  • B. A letter was written by her.
  • C. A letter has been written by her.
  • D. A letter writes by her.
Correct Answer: A. A letter is written by her.
Explanation: The Present Simple passive structure uses ‘is/am/are + V3 (past participle)’.
Q102. Change to passive: ‘She wrote a letter.’
  • A. A letter is written by her.
  • B. A letter was written by her.
  • C. A letter has been written by her.
  • D. A letter had written by her.
Correct Answer: B. A letter was written by her.
Explanation: The Past Simple passive structure uses ‘was/were + V3’.
Q103. Change to passive: ‘She is writing a letter.’
  • A. A letter is written by her.
  • B. A letter is being written by her.
  • C. A letter has been written by her.
  • D. A letter was being written by her.
Correct Answer: B. A letter is being written by her.
Explanation: The Present Continuous passive structure uses ‘is/am/are being + V3’.
Q104. Change to passive: ‘She has written a letter.’
  • A. A letter has been written by her.
  • B. A letter is written by her.
  • C. A letter was written by her.
  • D. A letter had been written by her.
Correct Answer: A. A letter has been written by her.
Explanation: The Present Perfect passive structure uses ‘has/have been + V3’.
Q105. Change to passive: ‘The workers built the bridge.’
  • A. The bridge is built by the workers.
  • B. The bridge was built by the workers.
  • C. The bridge has been built by the workers.
  • D. The bridge had built by the workers.
Correct Answer: B. The bridge was built by the workers.
Explanation: ‘Built’ is the past simple form. The Past Simple passive structure uses ‘was/were + V3’.
Q106. Change to passive: ‘She will write a letter.’
  • A. A letter will written by her.
  • B. A letter will be written by her.
  • C. A letter would be written by her.
  • D. A letter has been written by her.
Correct Answer: B. A letter will be written by her.
Explanation: The Future Simple passive structure uses ‘will be + V3’.
Q107. Change to active: ‘The lesson is explained by the teacher.’
  • A. The teacher explains the lesson.
  • B. The teacher explained the lesson.
  • C. The teacher is explaining the lesson.
  • D. The teacher has explained the lesson.
Correct Answer: A. The teacher explains the lesson.
Explanation: ‘Is explained’ indicates Present Simple passive, so the active form takes the simple present tense.
Q108. Change to passive: ‘He praised me.’
  • A. I am praised by him.
  • B. I was praised by him.
  • C. I have been praised by him.
  • D. I will be praised by him.
Correct Answer: B. I was praised by him.
Explanation: The objective pronoun ‘me’ converts to the subjective pronoun ‘I’. The Past Simple passive structure uses ‘was/were + V3’.
Q109. Which type of verb cannot be made passive?
  • A. Transitive
  • B. Intransitive
  • C. Modal
  • D. Auxiliary
Correct Answer: B. Intransitive
Explanation: Only transitive verbs accept a direct object, which is required to change a sentence into the passive voice.
Q110. Change to passive: ‘They grow rice in this region.’
  • A. Rice is grown in this region.
  • B. Rice was grown in this region.
  • C. Rice has been grown in this region.
  • D. Rice grew in this region.
Correct Answer: A. Rice is grown in this region.
Explanation: Present Simple passive uses ‘is/am/are + V3’. When the active agent is generalized, the ‘by-phrase’ is typically omitted.
Q111. Change to passive: ‘She had written the letter.’
  • A. The letter is written by her.
  • B. The letter was written by her.
  • C. The letter has been written by her.
  • D. The letter had been written by her.
Correct Answer: D. The letter had been written by her.
Explanation: The Past Perfect passive structure uses ‘had been + V3’.
Q112. Change to passive: ‘She was writing a letter.’
  • A. A letter is being written by her.
  • B. A letter was being written by her.
  • C. A letter has been written by her.
  • D. A letter had been written by her.
Correct Answer: B. A letter was being written by her.
Explanation: The Past Continuous passive structure uses ‘was/were being + V3’.
Q113. In a passive sentence, the doer is introduced by which preposition?
  • A. with
  • B. by
  • C. from
  • D. at
Correct Answer: B. by
Explanation: The agent or doer performing the action in a passive configuration is introduced using the preposition ‘by’.
Q114. Identify the passive sentence.
  • A. She paints a picture.
  • B. A picture is painted by her.
  • C. She is painting.
  • D. She has painted a picture.
Correct Answer: B. A picture is painted by her.
Explanation: In passive sentences, the grammatical subject becomes the recipient of the action rather than the performer.
Q115. Change to active: ‘A song is being sung by her.’
  • A. She sings a song.
  • B. She is singing a song.
  • C. She has sung a song.
  • D. She sang a song.
Correct Answer: B. She is singing a song.
Explanation: ‘Is being sung’ reflects Present Continuous passive form, which maps back to active continuous tense.
Q116. Change to passive: ‘Someone has stolen my bag.’
  • A. My bag is stolen.
  • B. My bag was stolen.
  • C. My bag has been stolen.
  • D. My bag had been stolen.
Correct Answer: C. My bag has been stolen.
Explanation: Present Perfect passive uses ‘has/have been + V3’. Indefinite subject terms like ‘someone’ are omitted in active-to-passive conversion.
Q117. Change to passive: ‘The teacher punished the student.’
  • A. The student is punished by the teacher.
  • B. The student was punished by the teacher.
  • C. The student has been punished by the teacher.
  • D. The student had punished by the teacher.
Correct Answer: B. The student was punished by the teacher.
Explanation: The Past Simple passive structure uses ‘was/were + V3’.
Q118. Which sentence cannot be changed to passive?
  • A. He kicked the ball.
  • B. She slept peacefully.
  • C. They built a house.
  • D. I read a novel.
Correct Answer: B. She slept peacefully.
Explanation: ‘Slept’ is an intransitive verb and does not possess a direct object to move into the passive subject spot.
Q119. In voice change, the object of the active sentence becomes the ________ of the passive.
  • A. object
  • B. agent
  • C. subject
  • D. complement
Correct Answer: C. subject
Explanation: Structurally changing active voice to passive voice reassigns the target object into the primary subject slot.
Q120. Choose the correct passive of ‘They are repairing the road.’
  • A. The road is repaired by them.
  • B. The road is being repaired by them.
  • C. The road was repaired by them.
  • D. The road has been repaired by them.
Correct Answer: B. The road is being repaired by them.
Explanation: The Present Continuous passive structure uses ‘is/am/are being + V3’.

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