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WorksheetsActive and Passive Voice — Worksheet Extraction
Total questions: 77
Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins
Match each tense with its passive-voice structure as shown in the table of “How to transform Active Voice sentences into Passive Voice sentences?”.
Simple present
am/is/are + v3 (past participle)
Present continuous
am/is/are + being + v3
Present perfect
have/has + been + v3
Simple past
was/were + v3
Match the active sentences with their passive equivalents as given in the transformation table.
Lalitha does home work
Home work is done by Lalitha
They are eating bananas
Bananas are being eaten by them
Teja has painted the door
The door has been painted by Teja
We saw many animals in the zoo
Many animals were seen by us in the zoo
Match each prompt or question in active voice with its passive-voice form shown in the table.
Close the door
Let the door be closed
Why have you eaten it?
Why has it been eaten by you?
Did you paint the door?
Was the door painted by you?
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Simple Present): "Kiran repairs the air coolers." Choose the correct passive form.
The air coolers are repaired by Kiran.
The air coolers were repaired by Kiran.
The air coolers have been repaired by Kiran.
The air coolers are being repaired by Kiran.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Simple Present): "Sai writes books." Choose the correct passive form.
Books were written by Sai.
Books are written by Sai.
Books have been written by Sai.
Books are being written by Sai.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Simple Present): "Alex teaches us French." Choose the correct passive form.
We are taught French by Alex.
French has been taught by Alex.
French was being taught by Alex.
We were taught French by Alex.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Simple Present): "We sell toys." Choose the correct passive form.
Toys are sold by us.
Toys were sold by us.
Toys are being sold by us.
Toys have been sold by us.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Present Continuous): "Kriti is singing a prayer song." Choose the correct passive form.
A prayer song is sung by Kriti.
A prayer song is being sung by Kriti.
A prayer song has been sung by Kriti.
A prayer song was being sung by Kriti.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Present Continuous): "The boys are eating food." Choose the correct passive form.
Food is being eaten by the boys.
Food was eaten by the boys.
Food has been eaten by the boys.
Food is eaten by the boys.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Present Continuous): "Rajani is playing the flute." Choose the correct passive form.
The flute is being played by Rajani.
The flute has been played by Rajani.
The flute was played by Rajani.
The flute is played by Rajani.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Present Continuous): "Sankar and Narayana are watering the plants." Choose the correct passive form.
The plants have been watered by Sankar and Narayana.
The plants were being watered by Sankar and Narayana.
The plants are being watered by Sankar and Narayana.
The plants are watered by Sankar and Narayana.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Present Perfect): "The children have broken the window." Choose the correct passive form.
The window had been broken by the children.
The window has been broken by the children.
The window is being broken by the children.
The window was broken by the children.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Present Perfect): "Rajitha has given me a gift." Choose the correct passive form.
A gift is given to me by Rajitha.
I have been given a gift by Rajitha.
I was being given a gift by Rajitha.
A gift had been given to me by Rajitha.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Present Perfect): "Sruthi has painted these doors." Choose the correct passive form.
These doors were being painted by Sruthi.
These doors have been painted by Sruthi.
These doors are painted by Sruthi.
These doors had been painted by Sruthi.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Present Perfect): "I have played Cricket." Choose the correct passive form.
Cricket has been played by me.
Cricket was being played by me.
Cricket is played by me.
Cricket had been played by me.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Simple Past): "The dog killed the cat." Choose the correct passive form.
The cat is killed by the dog.
The cat was killed by the dog.
The cat has been killed by the dog.
The cat was being killed by the dog.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Simple Past): "Vamsi took some pictures." Choose the correct passive form.
Some pictures were taken by Vamsi.
Some pictures are taken by Vamsi.
Some pictures have been taken by Vamsi.
Some pictures were being taken by Vamsi.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Simple Past): "Her teacher appreciated her." Choose the correct passive form.
Her was appreciated by the teacher.
She was appreciated by her teacher.
She is appreciated by her teacher.
She has been appreciated by her teacher.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Past Continuous): "The tiger was chasing a buffalo." Choose the correct passive form.
A buffalo was being chased by the tiger.
A buffalo has been chased by the tiger.
A buffalo is chased by the tiger.
A buffalo was chased by the tiger.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Past Continuous): "Renuka was writing a letter to the headmaster." Choose the correct passive form.
A letter is being written to the headmaster by Renuka.
A letter was being written to the headmaster by Renuka.
A letter had been written to the headmaster by Renuka.
A letter was written to the headmaster by Renuka.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Past Continuous): "The teacher was teaching a poem." Choose the correct passive form.
A poem was being taught by the teacher.
A poem has been taught by the teacher.
A poem was taught by the teacher.
A poem is being taught by the teacher.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Past Perfect): "He had caught many snakes." Choose the correct passive form.
Many snakes had been caught by him.
Many snakes were being caught by him.
Many snakes have been caught by him.
Many snakes are caught by him.
Change the following sentence from the Active voice to the Passive voice (Past Perfect): "The hunter had killed many tigers." Choose the correct passive form.
Many tigers had been killed by the hunter.
Many tigers were killed by the hunter.
Many tigers have been killed by the hunter.
Many tigers are being killed by the hunter.
Change to the Passive voice: We had finished the home work.
The homework had been finished by us.
The homework has been finished by us.
The homework was finished by us.
The homework is being finished by us.
Change to the Passive voice: The police had arrested them.
They have been arrested by the police.
They had been arrested by the police.
They were arrested by the police.
They are arrested by the police.
Change to the Passive voice: Indrani had sent the letter.
The letter has been sent by Indrani.
The letter is sent by Indrani.
The letter had been sent by Indrani.
The letter was being sent by Indrani.
Future — Change to the Passive voice: Lalitha will watch the movie tomorrow.
The movie will be watched by Lalitha tomorrow.
The movie is watched by Lalitha tomorrow.
The movie will have been watched by Lalitha tomorrow.
The movie is being watched by Lalitha tomorrow.
Future — Change to the Passive voice: The teacher will punish you.
You are punished by the teacher.
You will be punished by the teacher.
You were punished by the teacher.
You will have been punished by the teacher.
Future — Change to the Passive voice: They will give you the instructions.
The instructions have been given to you by them.
You will be given the instructions by them.
The instructions are being given to you by them.
You are given the instructions by them.
Future — Change to the Passive voice: He will finish the work in a couple of years.
The work will be finished by him in a couple of years.
The work is finished by him in a couple of years.
The work was finished by him in a couple of years.
The work will have been finished by him in a couple of years.
Future Perfect — Change to the Passive voice: She will have completed the work by tomorrow.
The work is being completed by tomorrow by her.
The work will have been completed by her by tomorrow.
The work will be completed by her by tomorrow.
The work had been completed by her by tomorrow.
Future Perfect — Change to the Passive voice: They will have planted the saplings in the fields by the time we return.
The saplings are planted in the fields by the time we return by them.
The saplings will have been planted in the fields by the time we return by them.
The saplings were planted in the fields by the time we return by them.
The saplings have been planted in the fields by the time we return by them.
Future Perfect — Change to the Passive voice: By the next year we will have constructed the building.
The building will have been constructed by the next year.
The building is constructed by the next year.
The building was constructed by the next year.
The building will be constructed by the next year.
Future Perfect — Change to the Passive voice: I will have written a few books on this subject by next year.
A few books on this subject will have been written by me by next year.
A few books on this subject were written by me by next year.
A few books on this subject will be written by me by next year.
A few books on this subject have been written by me by next year.
Interrogative — Change to the Passive voice: Does she play tennis?
Is tennis played by her?
Has tennis been played by her?
Was tennis played by her?
Is tennis being played by her?
Interrogative — Change to the Passive voice: Has she invited you to lunch?
Have you invited her to lunch?
Have you been invited to lunch by her?
Were you invited to lunch by her?
Are you invited to lunch by her?
Interrogative — Change to the Passive voice: Where did he find pencil?
Where is the pencil found by him?
Where has the pencil been found by him?
Where was the pencil found by him?
Where will the pencil be found by him?
Interrogative — Change to the Passive voice: Can he lift this drum?
Can this drum be lifted by him?
Is this drum lifted by him?
Was this drum lifted by him?
Has this drum been lifted by him?
Interrogative — Change to the Passive voice: Who wrote the National Anthem?
By whom is the National Anthem written?
By whom has the National Anthem been written?
By whom was the National Anthem written?
By whom will the National Anthem be written?
Imperative — Change to the Passive voice: Help the physically challenged people.
Let the physically challenged people be helped.
The physically challenged people should help.
The physically challenged people are helped.
Let the physically challenged people have helped.
Imperative — Change to the Passive voice: Let them finish the work now.
Let the work be finished by them now.
Let the work be finishing by them now.
Let the work have been finished by them now.
Let the work being finished by them now.
Imperative — Change to the Passive voice: Shut the windows at once.
Let the windows be shut at once.
The windows were shut at once.
Let the windows being shut at once.
The windows have been shut at once.
Imperative — Change to the Passive voice: Kindly grant her one month leave.
Let one month's leave be granted to her.
Let one month leave granted to her.
Let one month's leave be granting to her.
Let one month's leave has been granted to her.
Imperative — Change to the Passive voice: Tell them to stay here.
Let them be told to stay here.
Let them told to stay here.
Let them be telling to stay here.
Let they be told to stay here.
Exercise II — Change the following sentences from the Active voice to the Passive voice: We elected him captain.
He was elected captain by us.
He is elected captain by us.
He had been elected captain by us.
He was being elected captain by us.
Exercise II — Change the following sentences from the Active voice to the Passive voice: She gave him a book.
He was given a book by her.
He is given a book by her.
He was gave a book by her.
He had been given a book by her.
Exercise II — Change the following sentences from the Active voice to the Passive voice: Thomas Alva Edison invented the bulb.
The bulb was invented by Thomas Alva Edison.
The bulb is invented by Thomas Alva Edison.
The bulb had been invented by Thomas Alva Edison.
The bulb has been invented by Thomas Alva Edison.
Exercise II — Change the following sentences from the Active voice to the Passive voice: They locked the house.
The house is locked by them.
The house was locked by them.
The house had been locked by them.
The house is being locked by them.
Exercise II — Change the following sentences from the Active voice to the Passive voice: She is giving a dance programme.
A dance programme is being given by her.
A dance programme has been given by her.
A dance programme was given by her.
A dance programme will be given by her.
Exercise II — Change the following sentences from the Active voice to the Passive voice: Who wrote this novel?
By whom is this novel written?
By whom was this novel written?
By whom has this novel been written?
By whom will this novel be written?
Select the correct passive voice form of the sentence: Many people speak English.
English is spoken by many people.
Many people are spoken English.
English has been spoken by many people.
Many people were speaking English.
Select the correct passive voice form of the question: When will she complete the work?
When will the work be completed by her?
When is the work completed by her?
When has the work been completed by her?
When will she be completed by the work?
Select the correct passive voice form of the question: Can he draw the picture?
Can the picture be drawn by him?
Could the picture been drawn by him?
Is the picture able to draw by him?
Has the picture been able to be drawn by him?
Select the correct passive voice form of the imperative: Visit your doctor regularly.
Let your doctor be visited regularly.
Your doctor is visited regularly.
Your doctor must has been visited regularly.
Be visited your doctor regularly.
Select the correct passive voice form of the sentence: She is making coffee.
Coffee is being made by her.
Coffee has been made by her.
Coffee will be made by her.
Coffee was made by her.
Select the correct passive voice form of the sentence: They have watched the movie.
The movie has been watched by them.
The movie is watched by them.
The movie was being watched by them.
The movie will have been watched by them.
Select the correct passive voice form of the sentence: I have paid the bill.
The bill has been paid by me.
The bill is paid by me.
The bill was being paid by me.
The bill will be paid by me.
Select the correct passive voice form of the sentence: The bank manager sanctioned the home loan.
The home loan was sanctioned by the bank manager.
The home loan is sanctioned by the bank manager.
The home loan has sanctioned by the bank manager.
The home loan had been sanction by the bank manager.
Select the correct passive voice form of the imperative: Build the wall.
Let the wall be built.
The wall is building.
The wall has to built.
Be built the wall.
Select the correct passive voice form of the sentence: The government has introduced bio-metric attendance system in government offices.
A bio-metric attendance system has been introduced in government offices by the government.
A bio-metric attendance system was being introduced in government offices by the government.
A bio-metric attendance system is introduced in government offices by the government.
A bio-metric attendance system had introduced in government offices by the government.
Select the correct passive voice form of the request: Please help the old people.
Let the old people be helped.
The old people are help by you, please.
The old people were being helped by please.
Please the old people have been helped.
Select the correct passive voice form of the sentence: Mother is cleaning the floor.
The floor is being cleaned by mother.
The floor has been cleaned by mother.
The floor was being cleaned by mother.
The floor will be cleaned by mother.
Select the correct passive voice form of the sentence: S. S. Rajamouli directed the film 'Bahubali'.
The film 'Bahubali' was directed by S. S. Rajamouli.
The film 'Bahubali' is directed by S. S. Rajamouli.
The film 'Bahubali' has directed by S. S. Rajamouli.
The film 'Bahubali' will be directed by S. S. Rajamouli.
Select the correct passive voice form of the question: Why has she bought a new pen?
Why has a new pen been bought by her?
Why is a new pen bought by her?
Why was a new pen being bought by her?
Why had a new pen bought by her?
Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentence: The verdict _________ by the judge. (was declared/declared)
was declared
declared
Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentence: Tea ______ by me. (sipped/is sipped)
sipped
is sipped
Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentence: Parents __________ to attend the meeting. (is requested/are requested)
is requested
are requested
Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentence: An essay __________ by him. (wrote/was written)
wrote
was written
Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentence: Ravi ______ by me. (will be helped/help)
will be helped
help
Choose the correct sentence.
The bridge is being constructed now.
The bridge is being constructing now.
The bridge has being constructed now.
The bridge being constructed now.
Choose the correct sentence.
Urdu is spoken by many people.
Urdu is speaking by many people.
Urdu has speaking by many people.
Urdu was spoke by many people.
Choose the correct sentence.
Orange trees are grown by them.
Orange trees are growing by them.
Orange trees were grew by them.
Orange trees is grown by them.
Choose the correct sentence.
A kite is made by me.
A kite is making by me.
A kite has making by me.
A kite was make by me.
Choose the correct sentence.
Tea will be prepared by her.
Tea will be preparing by her.
Tea will prepared by her.
Tea will have preparing by her.
Choose the correct sentence.
The ball was thrown by Sourab.
The ball threw Sourab.
The ball has throw by Sourab.
The ball is throwned by Sourab.
Choose the correct sentence.
The movie was seen by them.
The movie seen by them.
The movie is seeing by them.
The movie were seen by them.
Choose the correct sentence.
A mango is being eaten by me.
A mango is being ate by me.
A mango has being eaten by me.
A mango was being ate by me.
