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Active Passive Voice

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
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1.

During the passive transformation other adverbs in an active voice are placed after the past participle (v3) where as the adverb of ................................... comes in between 'be' verb and pastparticiple (v3).

a)

adverb of manner

b)

adverb of time

c)

adverb of frequency

d)

adverb of place

2.

My dad will have been helping the people in their work. Its passive transformation is .........................................

a)

This sentence doesn't have its passive transformation normally

b)

People will have been helped in their work by my dad.

c)

People will be helped in their work by my dad.people will

d)

People will have been being helped in their work by my dad. (exceptional case.

3.

Some sentences consist of two objects. The object that denotes person is called indirect object where as the direct objects denote..................................

a)

places

b)

time

c)

things

d)

animals

4.

Passive voice can be made......................... in case a sentence having direct and indirect objects.

a)

in two different ways

b)

in only one way

c)

in multiple ways

d)

in no way

5.

I gave the cow some grass. I mean......................................

a)

my cow was given some grass.

b)

the cow was given some grass.

c)

some grass was given to the cow.

d)

some cows were given the grass.

6.

In a passive voice ADVERB of PLACE is placed ...........................................

a)

after the verb.

b)

AFTER the OBJECT and BEFORE by +AGENT.

c)

AFTER-by + AGENT.

d)

BEFORE the - OBJECT

7.

I had seen him in London. That is to say .......................................

a)

I was seen in London by him.

b)

He was seen by me in London.

c)

He was seen in London by me.

d)

London was seen by him and me.

8.

They played the game well. This is to say ..........................................

a)

The game was played well by them.

b)

The game was played by them well.

c)

The game was well played by them

d)

They were well played the game by them

9.

In a passive voice the time indicator (the adverb of time) is placed ..........................

a)

AFTER-by + AGENT

b)

just before - by + AGENT

c)

Just after the main verb

d)

before the subject

10.

It's better said 'The jungle was set alight' than 'Some one set the jungle alight.' Because .................................

a)

this is a passive voice.

b)

the agent setting the jungle on fire is unknown so expression in passive is appropriate.

c)

the person setting fire is less important than the act of setting fire in the jungle.

d)

the sentence with ' some one' as a subject takes a passive verb.

11.

None of the students has passed the test. That is to say - ...................................................

a)

The test has been passed by none of the students.

b)

No student is passed in the test.

c)

No test has been passed

d)

The test has not been passed 

12.

Does/do/did used as an auxiliary verb in an active voice changes as .................... in passive transformation.

a)

is / am / are

b)

was / were

c)

done

d)

is / am / are/ was / were

13.

Did you send me an E-mail? This is to say ......................................

a)

Did an E-mail was sent to me by you?

b)

Was I sent an E-mail by you?

c)

Did I was sent an E-mail by you?

d)

Was an E-mail sent to me by you?

14.

When can you help me?

a)

Can I be helped, when?

b)

When can I be helped?

c)

When can help be done to me?

d)

When can you be helped ?

15.

Who prepares food in your home? Its passive transformation is .........................................

a)

who is your home food prepared by?

b)

Who is your food prepared by in your home?

c)

By whom is food prepared in your home?

d)

By who is your food prepared in your home?