Active Passive Voice Questions with Answers Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
In this lock-down period every worker in the factory has started bring their own lunch.
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64c2292066a41f484c16aec3- 1has started bringtrue
- 2In this lock-down periodfalse
- 3their own lunchfalse
- 4every worker in the factoryfalse
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Answer : 1. "has started bring"
Explanation :
If a verb requires an object after it, it is a transitive verb.
If a verb doesn't require an object after it, it is an intransitive verb.
For example:
The girls carry water to their village. (transitive verb) A light was shining. (intransitive verb)
There are certain verbs that are used in a particular pattern given below:
Subject + verb + noun/pronoun + present participle(-ing form).
Some of the verbs are given below:
Hate/love, stop/start, finish, enjoy, prefer, keep, rest, worth, propose, regret, etc.
Example: She hates going out in the night.
According to the rule and the example given above, 'has started bringing' will be used instead of 'has started bring' in the 2nd part of the sentence.
Q: Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Manu will tell her later.
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6479daa923e51f4777f0a488Manu will tell her later.
- 1She will be tell later by Manu.false
- 2She will tell later by Manu.false
- 3She will be told later by Manu.true
- 4She will be tell later.false
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Answer : 3. "She will be told later by Manu."
Explanation :
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.
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: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.
Our house was built by my father.
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632c6df831300b7ce4743ab1- 1My father had built our housefalse
- 2My father builds our housefalse
- 3My father has built our housefalse
- 4My father built our housetrue
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Answer : 4. "My father built our house"
Q:Directions: In the following questions, the sentences have been given in Active/Passive voice. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Passive/Active voice.
The accountant took the money from the customer.
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63aaca76afa10611461f7791- 1The money is taken from the customer by the accountant.false
- 2The money was taken from the customer by the accountant.true
- 3The customer was taken the money by the accountant.false
- 4The money had been taken from the customer by the accountant.false
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Answer : 2. "The money was taken from the customer by the accountant. "
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, the sentences have been given in Active/Passive voice. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Passive/Active voice.
The reporter was interviewing the political leaders.
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63aacb3e5770eb565d519a94- 1The political leaders were being interviewed by the reporter.true
- 2The political leaders was being interviewed by the reporter.false
- 3The political leaders are being interviewed by the reporter.false
- 4The political leader is being interviewed by the reporter.false
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Answer : 1. "The political leaders were being interviewed by the reporter. "
Explanation :
The past continuous tense is employed to create the passive sentence.
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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