Active Passive Voice Questions with Answers Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
His friends arranged for the ambulance and took him immediately to the hospital.
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6458e2667f8252086628dccc- 1His friends would have arranged for the ambulance and taken him immediately to the hospital.false
- 2His friends were arranged for the ambulance and taken him immediately to the hospital.false
- 3The ambulance arranged for his friends and took him immediately to the hospital.false
- 4The ambulance was arranged for by his friends and he was immediately taken to the hospital.true
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Answer : 4. "The ambulance was arranged for by his friends and he was immediately taken to the hospital."
Explanation :
The sentence is rewritten in passive voice, putting the emphasis on the object (ambulance) and the person receiving the action (he).
Q:Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Usnis has not used the computer for weeks.
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645a1dcad47721ee2dac2502- 1The computer did not used by Usnis for weeks.false
- 2The computer has not been used by Usnis for weeks.true
- 3The computer was not been used by Usnis for weeks.false
- 4The computer has not being used by Usnis for weeks.false
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Answer : 2. "The computer has not been used by Usnis for weeks."
Explanation :
The sentence is converted into passive voice, emphasizing the object (computer) and making it the receiver of the action.
Q:Direction: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive voice.
A few bags were bought by me.
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632c704c1656651c9ea464c3- 1I had bought a few bagsfalse
- 2I have bought a few bagsfalse
- 3I bought a few bagstrue
- 4I buy a few bagsfalse
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Answer : 3. "I bought a few bags "
Q: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
Admittance was refused to him by the airport security.
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64626b9dcdae930acb780576Admittance was refused to him by the airport security.
- 1The airport security is refusing him admittance.false
- 2The airport security has refused him admittance.false
- 3The airport security had refused him admittance.false
- 4The airport security refused him admittance.true
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Answer : 4. "The airport security refused him admittance."
Explanation :
The given sentence is in Simple Past tense.
The structure of active and passive forms in Simple Past tense is as follows:
Active: Subject + V2 + Object
Passive: Object + was/were + V3 + by + Subject
Example:
Active: Our teacher taught this chapter in the last class.
Passive: This chapter was taught by our teacher in the last class.
Hence, the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice is The airport security refused him admittance.
Q:Directions: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive /Active Voice.
One must keep one’s promises.
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6308c0111ff92f3f9e7516cd- 1One’s promises are kept.false
- 2Promises must be kept.false
- 3One’s promises were kept.false
- 4One’s promises must kept.true
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Answer : 4. "One’s promises must kept. "
Q:Direction: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive voice.
This picture had been drawn by me.
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632c70965c208a6bf7ec21c7- 1I had drawn this picturetrue
- 2I have drawn this picturefalse
- 3I drew this picturefalse
- 4I drawn this picturefalse
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Answer : 1. "I had drawn this picture "
Q:Direction: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive voice.
The telephone had been invented by Graham Bell.
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632c70cd751e5310a5cacc5f- 1Graham Bell should have invented the telephonefalse
- 2Graham Bell has invented the telephonefalse
- 3Graham Bell had invented the telephonetrue
- 4Graham Bell invented the telephonefalse
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Answer : 3. "Graham Bell had invented the telephone "
Q:Directions: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive /Active Voice.
The men had constructed the bridge.
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630cad9b7c72c0778458891d- 1The bridge has been constructed by the men.false
- 2The bridge was constructed by the men.false
- 3The bridge was being constructed by the men.false
- 4The bridge had been constructed by the men.true
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