Voice Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Priya washes her clothes in the evening.
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647eec2f23e51f477700fb69Priya washes her clothes in the evening.
- 1The clothes was washed by Priya in the evening.false
- 2The clothes is washed by Priya in the evening.false
- 3The clothes are washed by Priya in the evening.true
- 4The clothes were washed by Priya in the evening.false
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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.
Q: Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
He has downloaded the movie on his phone.
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647884004e2d039e7bd320f6He has downloaded the movie on his phone.
- 1The movie has been downloaded by him on his phone.true
- 2The movie was downloaded by him on his phone.false
- 3The movie is been downloaded by him on his phone.false
- 4The movie are being downloaded by him on his phone.false
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Answer : 1. "The movie has been downloaded by him on his phone."
Explanation :
The given sentence is in the active voice. We have to change the sentence into passive form.
The given sentence is written in 'present perfect tense.'
The structure of these kinds of sentences is:
Active Voice: Subject + have/has + V3 + Object.
Passive Voice: Object + have/has + been + V3 + by (preposition) + Subject.
Let’s see another example:
Active voice: The minister has called an emergency meeting.
Passive voice: An emergency meeting has been called by the minister.
The subject of the given sentence is 'He' and the object of the given sentence is 'the movie'.
So, in the passive voice, the position of ‘subject’ and ‘object’ will be interchanged.
Also here, 'has downloaded' will be changed into 'has been downloaded'.
'He' will be changed into 'him.'
Q: Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
All his faults were forgiven by her.
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64c3aa81a4dbfb486bcfc8d8- 1She forgave all his faults.true
- 2She has forgiven all his faults.false
- 3She will forgive all his faultsfalse
- 4She is forgiving all his faults.false
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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.
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: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
All his friends laughed at him.
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6480384662f8ada0354fb0a8All his friends laughed at him.
- 1He became laughable to his friends.false
- 2He was laughed at by all his friends.true
- 3His friends were being laughed at by him.false
- 4All his friends were laughing at him.false
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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.
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 books exhibition had been opened by the Governor.
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632c6ff01656651c9ea462ea- 1The Governor had opened the books exhibitiontrue
- 2The Governor has opened the books exhibitionfalse
- 3The Governor opened the books exhibitionfalse
- 4The Governor opens the books exhibitionfalse
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Answer : 1. "The Governor had opened the books exhibition"
Q: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Kiara will sign all the documents tomorrow.
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645b8bc3f75f230a7a63a187Kiara will sign all the documents tomorrow.
- 1Kiara was to be signed by tomorrow for all the documents.false
- 2Tomorrow Kiara will be signed by all the documents.false
- 3All the documents will be signed by Kiara tomorrow.true
- 4Kiara would have been signed tomorrow by all the documents.false
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Answer : 3. "All the documents will be signed by Kiara tomorrow."
Q: Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
He was eating a large pizza.
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64b65eca568e7ff594b45b6e- 1A large pizza was eating him.false
- 2A large pizza has been eaten by him.false
- 3A large pizza was being eaten by him.true
- 4A large pizza was eaten by him.false
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Answer : 3. "A large pizza was being eaten by him."
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 active voice and 'He' is the subject and 'a large pizza' is the object.
When we convert this sentence into passive voice, the subject 'He' of the active voice becomes the object 'him', the object 'a large pizza' becomes the subject.
The passive format "was + being + V3 (eaten)" should be used.
This is the active and passive voice rule for the past continuous tense.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

