Active and Passive Voice
Q101. Change to passive: ‘She writes a letter.’
Correct Answer: A. A letter is written by her.
Explanation: The Present Simple passive structure uses ‘is/am/are + V3 (past participle)’.
Explanation: The Present Simple passive structure uses ‘is/am/are + V3 (past participle)’.
Q102. Change to passive: ‘She wrote a letter.’
Correct Answer: B. A letter was written by her.
Explanation: The Past Simple passive structure uses ‘was/were + V3’.
Explanation: The Past Simple passive structure uses ‘was/were + V3’.
Q103. Change to passive: ‘She is writing a letter.’
Correct Answer: B. A letter is being written by her.
Explanation: The Present Continuous passive structure uses ‘is/am/are being + V3’.
Explanation: The Present Continuous passive structure uses ‘is/am/are being + V3’.
Q104. Change to passive: ‘She has written a letter.’
Correct Answer: A. A letter has been written by her.
Explanation: The Present Perfect passive structure uses ‘has/have been + V3’.
Explanation: The Present Perfect passive structure uses ‘has/have been + V3’.
Q105. Change to passive: ‘The workers built the bridge.’
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’.
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.’
Correct Answer: B. A letter will be written by her.
Explanation: The Future Simple passive structure uses ‘will be + V3’.
Explanation: The Future Simple passive structure uses ‘will be + V3’.
Q107. Change to active: ‘The lesson is explained by the teacher.’
Correct Answer: A. The teacher explains the lesson.
Explanation: ‘Is explained’ indicates Present Simple passive, so the active form takes the simple present tense.
Explanation: ‘Is explained’ indicates Present Simple passive, so the active form takes the simple present tense.
Q108. Change to passive: ‘He praised me.’
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’.
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?
Correct Answer: B. Intransitive
Explanation: Only transitive verbs accept a direct object, which is required to change a sentence into the passive voice.
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.’
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.
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.’
Correct Answer: D. The letter had been written by her.
Explanation: The Past Perfect passive structure uses ‘had been + V3’.
Explanation: The Past Perfect passive structure uses ‘had been + V3’.
Q112. Change to passive: ‘She was writing a letter.’
Correct Answer: B. A letter was being written by her.
Explanation: The Past Continuous passive structure uses ‘was/were being + V3’.
Explanation: The Past Continuous passive structure uses ‘was/were being + V3’.
Q113. In a passive sentence, the doer is introduced by which preposition?
Correct Answer: B. by
Explanation: The agent or doer performing the action in a passive configuration is introduced using the preposition ‘by’.
Explanation: The agent or doer performing the action in a passive configuration is introduced using the preposition ‘by’.
Q114. Identify the passive sentence.
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.
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.’
Correct Answer: B. She is singing a song.
Explanation: ‘Is being sung’ reflects Present Continuous passive form, which maps back to active continuous tense.
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.’
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.
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.’
Correct Answer: B. The student was punished by the teacher.
Explanation: The Past Simple passive structure uses ‘was/were + V3’.
Explanation: The Past Simple passive structure uses ‘was/were + V3’.
Q118. Which sentence cannot be changed to passive?
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.
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.
Correct Answer: C. subject
Explanation: Structurally changing active voice to passive voice reassigns the target object into the primary subject slot.
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.’
Correct Answer: B. The road is being repaired by them.
Explanation: The Present Continuous passive structure uses ‘is/am/are being + V3’.
Explanation: The Present Continuous passive structure uses ‘is/am/are being + V3’.
