Passive to Active MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Passive to Active - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is '2' i.e. You had broken my cup .

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the passive voice: "My cup had been broken by you."
• To convert it to the active voice, the subject ("you") comes first, followed by the verb ("had broken") and the object ("my cup").
• In the active voice, the tense must remain consistent with the original sentence. Since the passive voice uses "had been broken" (past perfect), the active voice will use "had broken."

Correct sentence: You had broken my cup.

Additional Information

• Active Voice: The subject performs the action (e.g., "You had broken my cup").
• Passive Voice: The subject receives the action (e.g., "My cup had been broken by you").
• When converting from passive to active voice, ensure the tense remains consistent and the doer of the action is clearly identified.

The correct answer is '2' i.e. They expect that the company will become profitable.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the passive voice: "It is expected that the company will become profitable."
• To convert the sentence into active voice, we need to identify the agent performing the action.
• The active voice version of the sentence is: "They expect that the company will become profitable."
• Option 2 correctly expresses the sentence in active voice.

Correct sentence: They expect that the company will become profitable.

Additional Information

• Active Voice: The subject performs the action (e.g., "They expect the result").
• Passive Voice: The action is done to the subject (e.g., "It is expected").
• When converting from passive to active voice, it is important to identify the agent (who is performing the action) and restructure the sentence accordingly.

The correct answer is '3' i.e. Someone has changed the batteries in the smoke detector.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the passive voice, as the subject is receiving the action (the batteries).
• To convert it to active voice, the subject performing the action (someone) must be explicitly mentioned.
• The correct active voice form of the sentence is "Someone has changed the batteries in the smoke detector."
• This uses the present perfect tense, as indicated by "have been changed" in the original passive sentence.

Correct sentence: Someone has changed the batteries in the smoke detector.

Additional Information

• Active Voice:
  • The subject performs the action.
  • Example: "Someone has changed the batteries."
• Passive Voice:
  • The subject receives the action.
  • Example: "The batteries have been changed."
• In sentences where the doer is unknown or irrelevant, the passive voice is often used.

The correct answer is '2' i.e. The manager wrote the report.

Key Points

• The given sentence, "The report was written by the manager," is in passive voice.
• In active voice, the subject performs the action, so the sentence structure changes.
• The subject "The manager" comes first, followed by the verb in the correct tense and the object "the report."
• The correct active voice equivalent of the given sentence is: "The manager wrote the report."
• Option 2 correctly expresses the sentence in active voice.

Additional Information

• Active vs Passive Voice:
  • Active voice: The subject performs the action. (Example: The manager wrote the report.)
  • Passive voice: The subject receives the action. (Example: The report was written by the manager.)
• Steps to convert:
  • Identify the subject, verb, and object in the passive sentence.
  • Rearrange them so that the subject performs the action.
  • Adjust the verb tense appropriately.

The correct answer is '1' i.e. The students will submit the assignment to the teacher .

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the passive voice, where the focus is on the action being performed rather than the doer of the action.
• To change the sentence into the active voice, the structure should be: Subject (doer) + verb + object.
• In the given sentence, the subject in the passive voice is "The assignment" and the doer (agent) is "the students".
• When rewritten in active voice, the subject becomes "The students", and the sentence becomes: "The students will submit the assignment to the teacher."

Correct sentence: The students will submit the assignment to the teacher.

Additional Information

• Active and Passive Voice Rules:
  • Active Voice: Subject (doer) performs the action. Example: "The students will submit the assignment."
  • Passive Voice: The action is performed on the subject. Example: "The assignment will be submitted by the students."
  • The auxiliary verb "will be" in passive voice changes to "will" in active voice.
• Incorrect Options Analysis:
  • Option 2: "The assignment will submit the students to the teacher" is grammatically incorrect as the subject and object are reversed inappropriately.
  • Option 3: "The teacher will submit the assignment to the students" changes the meaning of the sentence entirely.
  • Option 4: "The students will be submitting the assignment to the teacher" is correct in meaning but changes the tense to continuous, which is not required here.

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 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. 

The correct answer is 'They surrendered all weapons'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in Passive Voice. As per the given question, we have to change it into Active Voice. 
• The structure of the given sentence is as follows:
  • Subject + V2+ Object. (Active Voice)
  • Subject (objective case)+ was/were + V3 + Object (subjective case). (Passive Voice)
• Example:
  • Their cousin showed them some rare photographs. (Active Voice)
  • They were shown some rare photographs by their cousin. (Passive Voice)
• The subject of the given sentence is 'All weapons'.​​
• The object of the given sentence is 'Them'. 
• The subject will be put in place of the object and the object will be put in place of the subject.
• And 'were surrendered' will be changed into 'surrendered'. 
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Correct Sentence: They surrendered all weapons.

The correct answer is Let us bid farewell to our seniors.

Key Points

• The given sentence is an imperative sentence.
• The sentences with which an order, advice or request is expressed are called imperative sentences.
• An imperative sentence in the passive voice has the following form: Let + object + be + past participle.
• Sentence structure:
  • Active: Let us enjoy this game.
  • Passive: Let this game be enjoyed by us.
• Thus, the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice is option 3. 

Correct Active Voice: Let us bid farewell to our seniors.

The correct answer is 'You should not wash the coloured clothes with the whites.'

Key Points

• The given sentence is an example of Passive Voice. As per the given question we have to change it into Active Voice. 
• The process of transformation is as follows:
  • Since modal verb has been used in the passive voice, therefore, the active voice will follow the given structure: 
    • Passive Voice - modal verb(should) + be + V3
    • Active Voice - modal verb(should) + V1
  • Here, 'should not be washed' will be changed into 'should not wash'.​

Correct Sentence: You should not wash the coloured clothes with the whites.

The correct answer is 'The soldiers are blowing the trumpets to announce the victory'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the Passive Voice. As per the given question we have to change the sentence into Active Voice. 
• The given sentence is an example of 'present continuous'. 
• The structure of these kinds of sentences is:
• Subject + is/am/are + V1 + ing + Object. (Active Voice)
• Subject(Objective Case) + is/am/are + being+ V3 + by + Object (subjective case). (Passive Voice) 
• Example:
  • He is riding a bike. (Active Voice)
  • A bike is being ridden by him. (Passive Voice)
• The subject of the given sentence is 'Trumpets' and the object of the given sentence is 'the soldiers'. 
• The subject will be put in place of the object and the object will be put in place of the subject. 
• Here, 'are being blown' will be changed into 'are blowing'.
   

Correct Sentence: The soldiers are blowing the trumpets to announce the victory.

The correct answer is 'How many candidates had he interviewed before lunch?'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is an example of Passive Voice. As per the given question, we have to change it into Active Voice. 
• The process of transformation is as follows:
  • In 'active-passive' transformation except for (who and whom) rest of the Wh-family Pronouns will remain unchanged.  
  • Here in the given question 'How many candidates' will remain unchanged.
  • 'had been interviewed' will be changed into 'had interviewed'.
  • The objective case 'him' will be changed into 'he' because it will be used as a subject in the active form.
  • Thus, the correct answer is Option 2.
     

Correct Sentence: How many candidates had he interviewed before lunch? 

The correct answer is 'Where did he find this pen?'

Key Points

• The given sentence is an example of  Passive Voice. As per the given question, we have to change it to Active Voice. 
• The process of transformation is as follows:
  • In the 'active-passive' transformation except for (who and whom) rest of the Wh-family Pronouns will remain unchanged.  
  • Here, the given question 'Where' will remain unchanged.
  • The subject will be put in place of the object and the object will be put in place of the subject. 
  • 'was found' will be changed into 'did find'. 
     

Correct Sentence: Where did he find this pen?

The correct answer is "They have informed me of their decision."

Key Points

• There are a few things to keep in mind before changing a sentence from passive to active voice.
• In the given sentence, "I" becomes the object of the sentence in the active voice as the action is received by it.
• In the given sentence, the object pronoun "I" changes to "me" in active voice.
• In active voice, the subject is highlighted so "they" will be placed at the beginning as the action is performed by it.
• In active voice,  we don't need to use the past participle "been" with the main verb.
• In the passive voice, "been" is used to create the present perfect tense.

The correct sentence is: They have informed me of their decision.

Hence, the correct answer is option 1.

The correct answer is Option 4) i.e. Hemant bade me retire entirely from my family business.

 Key Points

• The following verbs are followed by a bare infinitive in the active voice.
• But these aren't followed by a bare infinitive in the passive voice.
  • ​let, bid, help, make, etc.
• Example:
  • ​He bade me leave the party. (active)
  • I was bade to leave the party. (passive)
• Following this structure, we get the 4th option as the correct answer.

• Following these steps, we finally get- Hemant bade me retire entirely from my family business.

What is a Direct (Bare) Infinitive?
Direct Infinitive or Bare Infinitive is the infinitive without 'to' that is "verb1".

What is an INFINITIVE?
Infinitive is a kind of noun with certain features of a verb. "to" is used with infinitives following the structure - "to + verb1"

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The verb 'bid' is the same in all three verb forms but 'bade' is also used extensively as the past simple/participle.