Active/Passive Voice

LSSSSB Non-Technical · English · 77 practice questions with answers and explanations: 37 Easy, 40 Medium, 0 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Change to passive voice: "The boy broke the window."

  1. The boy was broken by the window.
  2. The window was broken by the boy.
  3. The window was broke by the boy.
  4. The window is broken by the boy.
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Answer: B. The past participle of 'break' is 'broken'.

Sample Easy question 2

Change to passive voice: "The manager signed the letters."

  1. The letters are signed by the manager.
  2. The manager was signed by the letters.
  3. The letters were signed by the manager.
  4. The letters was signed by the manager.
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Answer: C. Past simple with a plural object: 'were signed'.

Sample Easy question 3

Change to passive voice: "The committee will announce the results."

  1. The results would be announced by the committee.
  2. The results will be announced by the committee.
  3. The results are announced by the committee.
  4. The results will announced by the committee.
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Answer: B. Future simple passive: 'will be + past participle'.

Sample Medium question 4

Change to passive voice: "You must obey the rules."

  1. The rules must obeyed by you.
  2. The rules must be obey by you.
  3. The rules should obeyed by you.
  4. The rules must be obeyed by you.
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Answer: D. Modal passive: modal + be + past participle → 'must be obeyed'.

Sample Medium question 5

Change to passive voice: "They did not invite me."

  1. I had not been invited by them.
  2. I was not invited by them.
  3. I did not invited by them.
  4. I am not invited by them.
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Answer: B. Negative simple past: 'was not + past participle', with 'me' becoming the subject 'I'.

Sample Medium question 6

Change to passive voice: "She was singing a song."

  1. A song is being sung by her.
  2. A song was being sung by her.
  3. A song was sung by her.
  4. A song had been sung by her.
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Answer: B. Past continuous passive: 'was/were being + past participle'.

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