Active Passive Voice Questions with Answers Practice Question and Answer

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Manthan is watering the plants.
 (Change into passive voice)

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    The plants are watered by Manthan.
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    Manthan is being watered by the plants.
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    The plants are being watered by Manthan.
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    None of the above.
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Answer : 3. "The plants are being watered by Manthan. "

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Select the correct active form of the given sentence.

All his faults were forgiven by her.

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    She forgave all his faults.
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    She has forgiven all his faults.
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    She will forgive all his faults
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    She is forgiving all his faults.
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Answer : 1. "She forgave all his faults."
Explanation :

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 passive voice and 'all his faults' is the subject and 'her' is the object.
When we convert this sentence into active voice, the subject 'all his faults' of the passive voice becomes the object, the object 'her' becomes the subject 'she'.
The passive format "were + V3 (forgiven)" should be changed into the active format "V2 (forgave)".
This is the active and passive voice rule for the past simple tense.

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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 books exhibition had been opened by the Governor.

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    The Governor had opened the books exhibition
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    The Governor has opened the books exhibition
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    The Governor opened the books exhibition
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    The Governor opens the books exhibition
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Answer : 1. "The Governor had opened the books exhibition"

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Priya washes her clothes in the evening.

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    The clothes was washed by Priya in the evening.
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    The clothes is washed by Priya in the evening.
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    The clothes are washed by Priya in the evening.
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    The clothes were washed by Priya in the evening.
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Answer : 3. "The clothes are washed by Priya in the evening."
Explanation :

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.

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

I am paid weekly by my organisation.

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    My organisation paid me weekly.
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    My organisation would pay me weekly.
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    My organisation will pay me weekly.
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    My organisation pays me weekly.
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Answer : 4. "My organisation pays me weekly."

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
All his friends laughed at him.

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    He became laughable to his friends.
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    He was laughed at by all his friends.
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    His friends were being laughed at by him.
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    All his friends were laughing at him.
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Answer : 2. "He was laughed at by all his friends."
Explanation :

The given sentence is in Active Voice. As per the given question we have to change it into Passive Voice.
The structure of the given sentence 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 his friends'.
The object of the given sentence is 'him'.
The subject will be put in place of the object and the object will be put in place of the subject.
And 'laughed' will be changed into 'was laughed'. Lastly, the 'by' preposition will be added.
Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we find that the correct answer is Option 2.

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

The old woman was helped by the boy while crossing the road

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    The boy has helped the old woman while crossing the road.
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    The boy is helping the old woman while crossing the road.
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    The boy was helped the old woman while crossing the road.
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    The boy helped the old woman while crossing the road.
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Answer : 4. "The boy helped the old woman while crossing the road."

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Select the correct active form of the given sentence.

The audience was surprised by the ending of the play.

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    The ending of the play was surprising for the audience.
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    The ending of the play surprised the audience.
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    The ending of the play has surprised the audience.
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    The audience surprised the ending of the play
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Answer : 3. "The ending of the play has surprised the audience."
Explanation :

Detailed Solution
The correct answer is- The ending of the play surprised the audience.
Additional Information
The given sentence is in a passive voice form, hence we need to convert it into an active voice form.
Find the subject (The audience) and object (the ending of the play) of the sentence and exchange their places.
The given sentence is in the simple past tense.
The active verb form for simple past is: Subject + past participle form of the verb + Object.
So, 'was surprised' changes to 'surprised'. At last line up the remaining part.
Following these steps, we finally get- The ending of the play surprised the audience.

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