Active and Passive Voice Quiz
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Active and Passive Voice Quiz — Questions with Solutions
All 25 questions from this quiz with the correct answer and explanation. Attempt them yourself first, then open each solution to check your reasoning.
Q1.Change to passive voice: 'She writes a letter.'
- A.A letter is written by her.
- B.A letter was written by her.
- C.A letter will be written by her.
- D.A letter has written by her.
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Answer: A. A letter is written by her.
Present simple active becomes 'is + past participle' in passive.
Q2.Change to passive voice: 'He is reading a book.'
- A.A book is read by him.
- B.A book is being read by him.
- C.A book was being read by him.
- D.A book has been read by him.
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Answer: B. A book is being read by him.
Present continuous active becomes 'is being + past participle' in passive.
Q3.Change to passive voice: 'They built a house.'
- A.A house is built by them.
- B.A house was built by them.
- C.A house has been built by them.
- D.A house will be built by them.
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Answer: B. A house was built by them.
Simple past active becomes 'was/were + past participle' in passive.
Q4.Change to passive voice: 'The chef cooks the meal.'
- A.The meal is cooked by the chef.
- B.The meal was cooked by the chef.
- C.The meal has cooked by the chef.
- D.The meal is cooking by the chef.
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Answer: A. The meal is cooked by the chef.
Present simple active becomes 'is + past participle' in passive.
Q5.Change to passive voice: 'I will complete the task.'
- A.The task is completed by me.
- B.The task was completed by me.
- C.The task will be completed by me.
- D.The task has been completed by me.
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Answer: C. The task will be completed by me.
Simple future active becomes 'will be + past participle' in passive.
Q6.Change to passive voice: 'The teacher has taught the lesson.'
- A.The lesson is taught by the teacher.
- B.The lesson was taught by the teacher.
- C.The lesson has been taught by the teacher.
- D.The lesson will be taught by the teacher.
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Answer: C. The lesson has been taught by the teacher.
Present perfect active becomes 'has/have been + past participle' in passive.
Q7.Change to active voice: 'The cake was baked by her.'
- A.She bakes the cake.
- B.She baked the cake.
- C.She has baked the cake.
- D.She will bake the cake.
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Answer: B. She baked the cake.
Simple past passive becomes simple past active: 'She baked the cake.'
Q8.Change to passive voice: 'They are painting the wall.'
- A.The wall is painted by them.
- B.The wall is being painted by them.
- C.The wall was being painted by them.
- D.The wall has been painted by them.
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Answer: B. The wall is being painted by them.
Present continuous active becomes 'is being + past participle'.
Q9.Change to passive voice: 'Someone stole my bag.'
- A.My bag is stolen.
- B.My bag was stolen.
- C.My bag has stolen.
- D.My bag will be stolen.
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Answer: B. My bag was stolen.
Simple past active becomes 'was/were + past participle' in passive.
Q10.Change to passive voice: 'The manager will sign the document.'
- A.The document is signed by the manager.
- B.The document was signed by the manager.
- C.The document will be signed by the manager.
- D.The document has been signed by the manager.
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Answer: C. The document will be signed by the manager.
Simple future active becomes 'will be + past participle' in passive.
Q11.Change to active voice: 'The book was written by the author.'
- A.The author writes the book.
- B.The author wrote the book.
- C.The author has written the book.
- D.The author will write the book.
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Answer: B. The author wrote the book.
Simple past passive corresponds to simple past active.
Q12.Change to passive voice: 'She is preparing dinner.'
- A.Dinner is prepared by her.
- B.Dinner is being prepared by her.
- C.Dinner was prepared by her.
- D.Dinner has been prepared by her.
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Answer: B. Dinner is being prepared by her.
Present continuous active becomes 'is being + past participle'.
Q13.Change to passive voice: 'The company launched a new product.'
- A.A new product is launched by the company.
- B.A new product was launched by the company.
- C.A new product has launched by the company.
- D.A new product is being launched by the company.
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Answer: B. A new product was launched by the company.
Simple past active becomes simple past passive.
Q14.Change to passive voice: 'We must finish the project.'
- A.The project must be finished by us.
- B.The project is finished by us.
- C.The project was finished by us.
- D.The project has been finished by us.
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Answer: A. The project must be finished by us.
Modal verbs in passive use 'must be + past participle'.
Q15.Change to active voice: 'The window was broken by the boy.'
- A.The boy breaks the window.
- B.The boy broke the window.
- C.The boy has broken the window.
- D.The boy will break the window.
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Answer: B. The boy broke the window.
Simple past passive corresponds to simple past active.
Q16.Change to passive voice: 'The students are solving the problem.'
- A.The problem is solved by the students.
- B.The problem is being solved by the students.
- C.The problem was solved by the students.
- D.The problem has been solved by the students.
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Answer: B. The problem is being solved by the students.
Present continuous active becomes 'is being + past participle'.
Q17.Change to passive voice: 'He had completed the work.'
- A.The work is completed by him.
- B.The work was completed by him.
- C.The work had been completed by him.
- D.The work will be completed by him.
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Answer: C. The work had been completed by him.
Past perfect active becomes 'had been + past participle' in passive.
Q18.Change to active voice: 'The letter was posted by Ravi.'
- A.Ravi posts the letter.
- B.Ravi posted the letter.
- C.Ravi has posted the letter.
- D.Ravi will post the letter.
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Answer: B. Ravi posted the letter.
Simple past passive corresponds to simple past active.
Q19.Change to passive voice: 'They will have completed the survey.'
- A.The survey will be completed by them.
- B.The survey will have been completed by them.
- C.The survey was completed by them.
- D.The survey has been completed by them.
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Answer: B. The survey will have been completed by them.
Future perfect active becomes 'will have been + past participle'.
Q20.Which sentence is correctly written in passive voice?
- A.The song is sung by her.
- B.The song sing by her.
- C.The song sings by her.
- D.The song is sang by her.
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Answer: A. The song is sung by her.
'The song is sung by her' correctly uses the past participle 'sung' with 'is'.
Q21.Change to passive voice: 'The gardener waters the plants.'
- A.The plants are watered by the gardener.
- B.The plants were watered by the gardener.
- C.The plants have watered by the gardener.
- D.The plants is watered by the gardener.
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Answer: A. The plants are watered by the gardener.
Present simple active becomes 'are + past participle' for plural subjects.
Q22.Change to active voice: 'The match was won by our team.'
- A.Our team wins the match.
- B.Our team won the match.
- C.Our team has won the match.
- D.Our team will win the match.
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Answer: B. Our team won the match.
Simple past passive corresponds to simple past active.
Q23.Change to passive voice: 'The children are singing a song.'
- A.A song is sung by the children.
- B.A song is being sung by the children.
- C.A song was sung by the children.
- D.A song has been sung by the children.
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Answer: B. A song is being sung by the children.
Present continuous active becomes 'is being + past participle'.
Q24.Change to passive voice: 'The government has announced new rules.'
- A.New rules are announced by the government.
- B.New rules were announced by the government.
- C.New rules have been announced by the government.
- D.New rules will be announced by the government.
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Answer: C. New rules have been announced by the government.
Present perfect active becomes 'have been + past participle' in passive.
Q25.Change to passive voice: 'The workers are constructing a bridge.'
- A.A bridge is constructed by the workers.
- B.A bridge is being constructed by the workers.
- C.A bridge was constructed by the workers.
- D.A bridge has been constructed by the workers.
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Answer: B. A bridge is being constructed by the workers.
Present continuous active becomes 'is being + past participle' in passive.
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