Active and Passive Voice MCQ Quiz in தமிழ் - Objective Question with Answer for Active and Passive Voice - இலவச PDF ஐப் பதிவிறக்கவும்

The correct answer is "The sewage water is foul when it is smelt".

Key Points

• In active voice, sometimes verbs can certainly be followed by adjectives. This typically happens with linking verbs.
• Linking verbs do not express action. Instead, they connect the subject of the verb to additional information about that subject.
• The most common linking verb is "to be," but others include "seem," "become," "appear," etc.
• Here are a few examples:
  • The cake is delicious.
  • He seems tired.
  • She became furious.
  • The weather appears gloomy.
• For example: Active: Rose smells sweet. 
  • Passive: Rose is sweet when it is smelt. 
• Passive Structure: Subject + Verb (A/c tense & number) + Adjective + when + pronoun (A/c number) + H.V + 3rd form of verb (M.V in 3rd form) 
  • Active: Those mangoes tasted sour. 
  • Passive: Those mangoes were sour when they were tasted. 
• From the above explanation it is clear that the correct sentence is: "The sewage water is foul when it is smelt".

Therefore, the correct answer is "Option 4".

Note: The official answer key marks "Passive construction is not possible" as the correct answer. 

Additional Information

• These passive voice examples might seem a little odd and that's because not all sentences, especially those with linking verbs and adjectives, translate naturally to the passive voice.
• The passive voice is typically formed by phrases that look like "is/are/was/were + past participle," but when adjectives are involved, especially with linking verbs like be/seem/become/appear, the formulation of passive voice can be less straightforward and less commonly used.
• Usually, passive voice is more commonly used when an action verb is involved:
  • For example: Active: The cat chased the mouse.
    • Passive: The mouse was chased by the cat.

The correct answer is 'Are you sure these documents belong together?'.

Key Points

• Stative verbs are verbs that express a state rather than an action.
• They usually relate to thoughts, emotions, relationships, senses, states of being, possessions and measurements.
  • E.g. agree, hate, love, belong, feel, prefer, want, wish, hear, look, weigh, etc.
• The sentences with stative verbs as the main verb cannot be converted into the passive form.
  • E.g. He is being very helpful.  
• According to the rule and example that are given above, the given sentence cannot be converted into the passive form.
   

So, the correct sentence is- Are you sure these documents belong together?

Additional Information

• The sentences having any form of 'be' and the sentences with the intransitive verb cannot be converted into the passive form.
  • E.g. I went to the cafe for a steaming hot cup of coffee.
• In the other words, we need an object in the sentence to convert it into the passive form.
  • E.g. The court has given its verdict. (Active)
            Its verdict has been given by the court. (passive)

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• Stative verbs वे verbs हैं जो एक action के बजाय एक state को व्यक्त करती हैं।
• वे आमतौर पर thoughts, emotions, relationships, senses, states of being, possessions and measurements, etc. से संबंधित होते हैं।
  • E.g. agree, hate, love, belong, feel, prefer, want, wish, hear, look, weigh, etc.
• वो वाक्य जिसमे stative verb एक main verb के रूप में प्रयोग होती है, उनको passive voice में परिवर्तित नहीं किया जा सकता।
  • E.g. He is being very helpful.  
• उदाहरण के अनुसार, दिए गए वाक्य को passive voice में परिवर्तित नहीं किया जा सकता है।

Key Points

• Whenever a sentence in present continuous tense is changed into its passive voice, then we follow the given structure:-
• 'Is/am/are + V_ing' is changed to 'is/am/are + being + V₃'.
• For Example:-
  • Active - They are playing cricket in that field.
  • Passive - Cricket is being played by them in that field.

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. The wild and mad elephant is claimed to have been seen in several cities.

Key Points

• The original sentence is in the active voice, the format for this will be:
  • Subject + Present tense of the Verb + to have seen + Object
• This needs to be converted to the passive voice, the format for that will be:
  • Object  + is + Third form of the verb + to have been seen + Subject
• The wild and mad elephant is claimed to have been seen in several cities.

Thus, the correct answer is option 4. 

The correct answer is: The clothes are washed by Priya in the evening.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the active form and we need to change it to the passive form.
• The given sentence is written in the simple present tense.
• The simple present tense in the active voice has the following structure: Subject + V1+s/es+ object
• The simple present tense in the passive voice has the following structure: Object+ is/am/are+ V3+ by + subject
• Example - 
  • Active voice - He reads a novel.
  • Passive voice - A novel is read.
• Rules of Conversion from Active to Passive Voice:
  • Identify the subject, the verb, and the object.
  • Change the subject into an object.
  • Change the verb into the past participle form.
  • Change the object into the subject.

​Therefore, the correct answer is option 3.
Correct Passive Voice: The clothes are washed by Priya in the evening.

Here the correct answer is Can this container be sent by ship?
Key Points:-

• When converting a question from active to passive voice, the subject and object exchange places.
• But a passive voice does not always contain an object.
• Here, 'we', the subject in active voice, becomes the object 'by us', which is implied in the sentence.
• It means that  its use becomes optional only when 'can' or 'able' is used, which show ability to perform a given activity.
• The object in the active voice 'this container' will become the subject in the passive voice.

Therefore, the correct passive voice is Can this container be sent by ship?
Important Points

• When we convert active voice to passive voice, three things need to be kept in mind:-
  •   Change object into subject.
  • Change subject into object.
  • Always use third form of verb in passive voice.
  • Use 'by' before the new object.

Additional Information

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 option 3 i.e. The Editor published the news.

Explanation:      

Changing the above sentence from Active to Passive:

• In Active Voice, a sentence emphasizes the subject doing an action.
• In Passive Voice, a sentence emphasizes the action or object.
• The given sentence is in the passive voice, and "the audience" is the subject, and "the seats" is the objec

     ​ Point to note

          When changing the above sentence

• The active format "Subject + Helping verb + Main verb + Object" is used.
• This is the rule for changing passive to active for past indefinite tense.
• Thus, "The Editor published the news" is the correct active voice.

• In the above sentence, you will notice there is no doer in the passive voice. Read it like this- The news was published (by whom?)
• In case of the absence of a doer, we assume a general doer to form an active voice.
• The news is published by the Editor of a newspaper.
• Hence, option 2 which says the people publish the news is incorrect.

Correct sentence - The Editor published the news.

The correct answer is "A number of protestors were beaten by the police last night".

Key Points  

• In Active Voice, a sentence emphasizes the subject, performing an action.
• In Passive Voice, a sentence emphasizes the action or the object of the sentence.
• The given sentence is in the active voice and 'The police' is the subject and 'a number of protestors' is the object.
• When we convert this sentence into passive voice, the subject 'The police' of the active voice becomes the object, the object 'a number of protestors' becomes the subject.
• The passive format "were + V3" should be used.
• This is the active and passive voice rule for the past simple tense.
• Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

Additional Information

• 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

Here the correct answer is The players were reprimanded by the coach for poor performance.
Key Points

• The above-given sentence is in the active voice. 
• We need to change it in the passive voice.
• The following steps are required to change the given sentence into passive voice:-
  • The subject 'the coach' of the active voice will become the object of the passive voice.
  • The object 'the players' of the active voice will become the subject of the passive voice.
  • The tense(simple past tense) will change according to the following structure:-
    • Active Voice - Subject + (did + V₁) or (V₂) + Object.
    • Passive Voice - Object + was/were + V₃ + by + Subject.

Therefore, the correct passive voice is The players were reprimanded by the coach for the poor performance.
Additional Information

• When we convert active voice to passive voice, three things need to be kept in mind:-
  • Change object into subject.
  • Change subject into object.
  • Always use the third form of the verb in the passive voice.
  • Use 'by' before the new object.

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• ऊपर दिया गया वाक्य Active Voice में है ।
• हमें इसे Passive Voice में बदलना होगा।
• दिए गए वाक्य को Passive Voice में बदलने के लिए निम्न चरणों की आवश्यकता होती है: -
  • Active Voice का Subject 'the coach' passive voice का object बन जाएगा।
  • Active Voice का Object 'the players' passive voice का subject बन जाएगा।
  • निम्न संरचना के अनुसार काल (simple past tense) बदल जाएगा: -
    • Active Voice -Subject + did + V1 or V2 + Object.
    • Passive Voice - Object + was / were + V 3 + by + Object थे
       

इसलिए, सही निष्क्रिय आवाज है The players were reprimanded by the coach for the poor performance