Active/Passive Voice

Ladakh Prison Department · English · 77 practice questions with answers and explanations: 37 Easy, 40 Medium, 0 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Change to active voice: "The letter was written by Sonia."

  1. Sonia writes the letter.
  2. Sonia was writing the letter.
  3. Sonia has written the letter.
  4. Sonia wrote the letter.
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Answer: D. 'Was written' is simple past, so the active verb is 'wrote'.

Sample Easy question 2

Change to active voice: "The song is sung by the choir."

  1. The choir is singing the song.
  2. The choir sings the song.
  3. The choir has sung the song.
  4. The choir sang the song.
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Answer: B. 'Is sung' is simple present, so the active is 'sings'.

Sample Easy question 3

Change to active voice: "The cake was eaten by the children."

  1. The children were eating the cake.
  2. The children eat the cake.
  3. The children ate the cake.
  4. The children have eaten the cake.
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Answer: C. 'Was eaten' → simple past 'ate'.

Sample Medium question 4

Change to passive voice: "They are going to build a new hospital."

  1. A new hospital is going to be built by them.
  2. A new hospital will be going to be built by them.
  3. A new hospital is going to build by them.
  4. A new hospital was going to be built by them.
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Answer: A. 'be going to + verb' becomes 'be going to be + past participle'.

Sample Medium question 5

Change to passive voice: "Who taught you this song?"

  1. Who were you taught this song?
  2. By whom were you taught this song?
  3. By whom taught you this song?
  4. By whom was you taught this song?
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Answer: B. 'You' takes 'were' in the passive: 'By whom were you taught this song?'.

Sample Medium question 6

Choose the correct passive voice of: "They have completed the project."

  1. The project has been completed by them.
  2. The project completed by them.
  3. The project was being completed by them.
  4. The project is completed by them.
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Answer: A. Present perfect active becomes present perfect passive: 'has been completed'.

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