Active and Passive Voice Exercise

1. Anuj heard this news and shared it with his friends.

a) This news was hearing by Anuj and it was shared with this friends.

b) This news was hear by Anuj and it was shared with this friends.

c) This news was being heard by Anuj and it was shared with this friends.

d) This news was heard by Anuj and it was shared with this friends. 

2. My boss belabored all the challenging situations creatively that came on his way to success.

a)  All the challenging situations were belabored creatively by my boss that came on his way to success.

b) All the challenging situations are belabored creatively by my boss that came on his way to success.

c) All the challenging situations were belabored creatively by my boss that were come on his way to success.

d) All the challenging situations were being belabored creatively by my boss that came on his way to success.

3. Reema sings songs rhapsodically and amuses everyone at extreme.

a) Songs were sung rhapsodically by Reema and everyone is amused at extreme.

b) Songs are sung rhapsodically by Reema and everyone was amused at extreme.

c) Songs are sung rhapsodically by Reema and everyone is amused at extreme.

d) Songs are being sung rhapsodically by Reema and everyone is amused at extreme.

4. My cousin has behaved with them very mildly otherwise he talks in raspy manner.

a)  They have been behaved with mild approach by my cousin otherwise he talks in raspy manner.

b) They had been behaved with very mildly by my cousin otherwise he talks in raspy manner.

c) They have behaved with very mildly by my cousin otherwise he talks in raspy manner.

d) They have been behaved with very mildly by my cousin otherwise talks are done by him in raspy manner.

5. They have gifted me a chair to sit on.

a) I have been gifted a chair to sit on by them.

b) I have been gifted a chair to sit by them.

c) I had been gifted a chair to sit on by them.

d) I was gifted a chair to sit on by them.

6. Anita has purchased a grand house to live in.

a) A grand house had been purchased to live in by Anita.

b) A grand house has purchased to live in by Anita.

c) A grand house has been purchased to live in by Anita.

d) A grand house has been purchasing to live in by Anita.

7. You have selected altruistic employees to rely on.

a) Altruistic employees had been selected to rely on by you.

b) Altruistic employees have been selected to rely on by you.

c) Altruistic employees have been selecting to rely on by you.

d) Altruistic employees had selected to rely on by you.

8. He had written tough sentences to deal with.

a) Tough sentences had been written to deal with by him.

b) Tough sentences have been written to deal with by him.

c) Tough sentences has been written to deal with by him.

d) Tough sentences had been writing to deal with by him.  

9. Suneeta adorns her almirah with her new achievements every year.

a) Her almirah is being adorned with her new achievements every year by Suneeta.

b) Her almirah was adorned with her new achievements every year by Suneeta.

c) Her almirah is adorned with her new achievements every year by Suneeta.

d) Her almirah is adorning with her new achievements every year by Suneeta.

10. You never fail to amaze us with various surprises from your end.

a) You are never failed to amaze us with various surprises from your end.

b) You were never failed to amaze us with various surprises from your end.

c) You are being never failed to amaze us with various surprises from your end.

d) No passive voice.

Correct Answers of Active Passive Exercise with Explanation

1. Correct Answer: d)

Explanation: the given sentence is in past indefinite. V2 is used in past indefinite. The syntax of passive voice for past indefinite is

Helping Verb of Continuous + V3

(Was, Were) + V3

2. Correct Answer: a)

Explanation:

Come and go are intransitive verbs which do not have any object with them so we can’t make their passive. The given sentence is in past indefinite. V2 is used in past indefinite. The syntax of passive voice for past indefinite is

Helping Verb of Continuous + V3

(Was, Were) + V3

3. Correct Answer: c)  

Explanation: Since the given sentence is in present indefinite so the syntax for its passive voice is

Helping verb of continuous + V3

Is, am, are + V3

(ADJ -> VERB)

He is sad. He gets sad.

He is fresh. He gets fresh in 10 minutes.

I get angry. I get fresh.

I get my notebook checked.

4. Correct Answer: a)

Explanation: talk is an intransitive verb which has no object with it so we can’t make its passive. The given sentence is in present perfect, the syntax of its passive is

Same Helping Verb + been + V3

(Has, have) + been + V3

5. Correct Answer: a)

Explanation: The given sentence is in present perfect, the syntax of its passive is

Same Helping Verb + been + V3

(Has, have) + been + V3

6. Correct Answer: c)

Explanation: The given sentence is in present perfect, the syntax of its passive is

Same Helping Verb + been + V3

(Has, have) + been + V3

7. Correct Answer: b)

Explanation: The given sentence is in present perfect, the syntax of its passive is

Same Helping Verb + been + V3

(Has, have) + been + V3

8. Correct Answer: a)

Explanation: The given sentence is in past perfect, the syntax of its passive is

Same Helping Verb + been + V3

Had + been + V3

9. Correct Answer: c)

Explanation: the given sentence is in present indefinite tense so the syntax for passive voice of indefinite sentence is  

Helping Verb of Continuous + V3

(Is, am, are) + V3

10. Correct Answer: d)

Explanation: There is no object in the given sentence so its passive can’t be framed.

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