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

The correct answer is '2' i.e. He is loved by himself.

Key Points

• The given sentence "He loves himself" is in active voice.
• To change the sentence into passive voice, the object ("himself") becomes the subject, and the verb is modified accordingly.
• The structure of the passive voice is Object + Auxiliary Verb (is/was) + Past Participle + By + Subject.
• In this case, "He is loved by himself" is the correct transformation into passive voice.

Correct sentence: He is loved by himself.

Additional Information

• Active Voice:
  • When the subject of a sentence performs the action, the sentence is in active voice.
  • Example: He loves himself.
• Passive Voice:
  • When the subject of a sentence receives the action, the sentence is in passive voice.
  • Example: He is loved by himself.
• Key Transformation Rule:
  • Identify the subject, verb, and object in the active voice sentence.
  • Convert the object into the subject in the passive voice sentence.
  • Use the appropriate auxiliary verb (is, was, etc.) followed by the past participle of the main verb.
  • Add "by" followed by the original subject (optional for reflexive pronouns).

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 '4' i.e. Let the past be forgotten.

Key Points

• The given sentence, "Let us forget the past," is in the imperative mood and active voice.
• In the passive voice, the focus shifts to the object, which is "the past."
• When transforming imperative sentences into passive voice, the structure is: "Let + object + be + past participle."

Correct transformation: Let the past be forgotten.

Additional Information

• Incorrect options explanation:
  • Option 1: Let the past and us be forgotten – This is incorrect because it changes the meaning of the sentence by including "us" as the subject of forgetting.
  • Option 2: Let not the past be forgotten – This is incorrect because it conveys the opposite meaning (negative imperative).
  • Option 3: We must let to forget the past – This is grammatically incorrect and does not follow the rules of voice transformation.

The correct solution is option 2.

Key Points

• When changing the active to the passive voice of an interrogative sentence starting with can/shall/will and should, the sentence will have them in the starting followed by ‘be’.
• So the order of the sentence should be “Can/shall/will/should+ object+ be+ past participle of the verb+ by+ agent.”
• Here the verb is ‘do’ whose past participle is ‘done’.  

So, the correct answer is, “Can this work be done by him?”.

Option 4 is the correct answer.

Answer with the help of elimination technique.

• Option 1 and Option 2 are incorrect because they are given in present perfect tense whereas the question is of "simple past".
• Option 3 is in 'simple past passive' form yet is incorrect because adverb 'successfully' from the question statement is missing.
• Option 4 is in 'simple past passive' form and is complete with no grammatical errors, hence is the correct answer.
   

Additional Information 

• Table for conversion of past tense (active to passive):

The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. The authority bade the migrant leave the country.

Explanation

While converting a sentence to passive voice:

• Find the subject and object of the sentence and exchange their places; make changes in their cases as well if subject and object are pronouns.
• Here the question is given in Passive Voice so it has to be changed into Active Voice.
• If the verbs like Let, bid, help, and make are used in Active Voice followed by a Bare Infinitive and if they are used in Passive Voice then they are followed by Infinitive, not Bare Infinitive.
  • For eg. He was made to wash all the clothes by me. (Passive Voice)

                                 I made him wash all the clothes. (Active Voice)

Following the above-mentioned rule, we finally get  "The authority bade the migrant leave the country."

Mistake point

• One might feel Option 4 is the correct answer but always remember 'the verbs like Let, bid, help, and make are used in Active Voice followed by a Bare Infinitive' i.e without 'to'.

The correct answer is 'The child should be given a nourishing diet.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the Active Voice. As per the given question we have to change the sentence into Passive Form. 
• The transformation of these kinds of sentences is:
  • The given sentence is an example of an imperative sentence.
  • The notion of the given sentence is the suggestion.
    • V₁ + Object. (Active Voice)
    • Subject (Objective case) + should + be + V3. (Passive Voice)
  • Example:
    • Help the poor. (Active Voice)
    • The poor should be helped. (Passive Voice)
  • Hence, as per the above rule, the correct answer is Option 1.
     

Correct Sentence: The child should be given a nourishing diet.

The correct answer is By whom are you being bothered?

Key Points

• When an interrogative sentence starts with the question words like what, when, where, how, or who, we use them at the starting of the sentence while changing into passive voice.
• ​Here, 'who' is the subject, which will be changed to its objective form 'whom' and would be preceded by the preposition 'by'.
• Continuous form in active voice (is + ing) changes into (is/are/am + being + V₃)
• Structure of active voice: Who + is + V(ing) + Object?
• Passive: By + subject (objective form of subject) + h.v + object + being + V3.

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 'Promises should be kept.'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in active voice.
• It is an imperative sentence that expresses advice.
• The structure of the sentence in passive voice is : Subject (object)+ should be +past participle of the verb.
• Promises will be the subject of the sentence in the passive voice and after that 'should be' is written followed by 'kept' (past participle of keep')
• Thus, the correct answer is option 1.

Correct Passive Voice: Promises should be kept.

The correct answer is The parents as well as the child have been invited

Key Points

• The instructions given below should be followed while changing an assertive sentence to passive voice.
  • Find the subject and object of the sentence and exchange their places; make changes in their cases as well if subject and object are pronouns.
  • Use preposition by before the agent.
  • Use an appropriate helping verb in passive form according to the tense of the active form. (Present perfect - has/have + been)
  • Always use the third form of the main verb in passive form.
  • At last line up the remaining part.
• So, the final sentence is - The parents as well as the child have been invited.​

Important Points

• In a sentence, if two subjects are joined by certain conjunctions like with, along with, as well as, in addition to, except, rather than, and not, but, etc., the verb will follow the first subject.  
  • Example: The King, as well as his courtiers, was invited for the feast. 
• In the passive voice of the given sentence, the verb 'have' follows the first subject 'the parents'.​

Additional Information

• The voice of the sentence should be changed according to the following rules:    

The correct answer is She will be told later by Manu. 

Key Points

• In the passive voice of simple future tense, the auxiliary verb shall / will is used with be and past participle of a verb.
• The object of the sentence becomes the subject.
• Here action will be done on the object in the future.
• Formation:
  • Active: Subject + will/shall + V1 + object.
  • Passive: Object + will/shall + be + V3 + by + subject.
• Thus, the correct passive form of the given sentence is option 3. 

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 'All tasks are handled efficiently by her'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in Active Voice. As per the question we have to change it into Passive Voice. 
• The structure of the given sentence is as follows:
  • Subject + V1 + Object. (Active Voice)
  • Subject (Objective Case) + is/am/are + V3 + Object (Subjective Case). (Passive Voice) 

• Example:
  • Aastha teaches English. (Active Voice) 
  • English is taught by Aastha. (Passive Voice)
• The subject of the given sentence is 'She'. 
• The object of the given sentence is 'All tasks'. 
• The subject will be put in place of the object and the object will be put in place of the subject.
• 'handles' will be changed into 'are handled'.
   

Correct Sentence: All tasks are handled efficiently by her.