Active/Passive Voice

SSC CGL · English Comprehension · 25 practice questions with answers and explanations: 6 Easy, 10 Medium, 9 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Change to passive voice: "The workers are repairing the road."

  1. The road is being repaired by the workers
  2. The road is repaired by the workers
  3. The road was being repaired by the workers
  4. The road has been repaired
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Answer: A. Present continuous active becomes present continuous passive: 'is being repaired'.

Sample Medium question 2

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 must be obeyed by you.
  4. The rules should obeyed by you.
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Answer: C. Modal passive: modal + be + past participle → 'must be obeyed'.

Sample Hard question 3

Change to passive voice: "Did he write this letter?"

  1. Was this letter written by him?
  2. Did this letter written by him?
  3. Was this letter wrote by him?
  4. Has this letter been written by him?
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Answer: A. Past interrogative: 'Was/Were + subject + past participle + by …?'

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