Passive Voice Quiz

Convert to passive: "She writes a letter."

• A letter is written by her.

• A letter wrote by her.

• A letter is being written by her.

• A letter will be written by her.

Answer explanation

The correct answer is "A letter is written by her." because the sentence is in the present simple tense. In passive voice, we use the verb "is" followed by the past participle ("written").

Convert to passive: "They are playing football."

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Answer explanation

In the present continuous tense, the verb "to be" changes to "is being" or "are being" in the passive voice, followed by the past participle ("played").

Which of the following is the passive voice of "They clean the room every day"?

• The room is cleaned every day.

• The room cleaned every day .

• The room is being cleaned every day.

• The room was cleaned every day.

Answer explanation

The correct answer is "The room is cleaned every day." because the sentence is in the present simple tense, and the passive voice is formed with "is cleaned".

True or False: "The cake was baked by her yesterday." is in the passive voice.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The sentence "The cake was baked by her yesterday." is in passive voice because the object ("cake") is receiving the action, and it follows the format of the past simple tense ("was baked").

Which is the correct passive voice for the sentence: "They built the house last year"?

• The house was built last year.

• The house has been built last year.

• The house built last year.

• The house is built last year.

Answer explanation

The correct passive voice is "The house was built last year." because the original sentence is in the past simple tense, so we use "was built" in the passive voice.

Convert the following sentence to passive: "She will bake a cake tomorrow."

• A cake will bake tomorrow.

• A cake will be baked tomorrow.

• A cake will be bake tomorrow.

• A cake is baked tomorrow.

Answer explanation

The correct answer is "A cake will be baked tomorrow." because the sentence is in the future tense. In passive voice, we use "will be" followed by the past participle ("baked").

True or False: "A letter has been written by her" is an active voice sentence.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The sentence "A letter has been written by her" is in the passive voice, not active. The action (writing) is being done to the object (letter), not by the subject (her).

Convert to passive: "They will finish the project next week."

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Answer explanation

In the future tense, the passive voice is formed with "will be" followed by the past participle ("finished").

Which is the correct passive voice for the sentence "He teaches English"?

• English was taught by him.

• English is taught by him.

• English is being taught by him.

• English will be taught by him.

Answer explanation

The correct answer is "English is taught by him." because the sentence is in the present simple tense, and in the passive voice, we use "is" followed by the past participle ("taught").

Which sentence do you think is in passive voice?

• The book was read by me.

• I read the book.

Answer explanation

"The book was read by me." is in passive voice because the action (reading) is being done to the book, whereas "I read the book." is in active voice because the subject is performing the action.