Free Active and Passive Voice MCQs with Answers
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Active voice presents the doer as the subject, while passive voice presents the receiver of the action and uses an appropriate form of “be” with the past participle. Questions cover tense changes, modal verbs, omitted agents and sentences that cannot be passivized because they lack a suitable object.
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- A. He was seen pick up a gun by someone.
- B. He was seen picking up a gun by someone.
- C. He is seen picking up a gun by someone.
- D. He was seen by someone pick a gun.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that "he" (the subject) was seen (the action) picking up a gun (the activity) by…
Correct answer: He was seen picking up a gun by someone.- A. You are told to do that.
- B. You are advised to do that.
- C. You did that said by them.
- D. You are said to have done that.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that "you" (the subject) are said (the action) to have done (the activity) that (the…
Correct answer: You are said to have done that.- A. By whom were you given permission to enter?
- B. By whom was you given permission to enter?
- C. By whom you were given permission to enter?
- D. By whom were given you permission to enter?
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that "you" (the subject) were given (the action) permission to enter (the object) by…
Correct answer: By whom were you given permission to enter?- A. The bell has been rung by the boy.
- B. The bell was being rung by the boy.
- C. The bell has been being rung by the boy.
- D. The bell was rung by the boy.
Explanation: In the sentence 'The boy has rung the bell', 'the boy' is the subject who performs the action, and 'the bell' is the object receiving the…
Correct answer: The bell has been rung by the boy.- A. I don't like people are kept me waiting.
- B. I don't like people were kept me waiting.
- C. I don't like being kept waiting.
- D. I don't like people are being kept waiting.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that "I" (the subject) don't like being kept (the action) waiting (the state).- The…
Correct answer: I don't like being kept waiting.- A. He was make to resign.
- B. To resign was his obligation.
- C. Circumstances obliged him to resign.
- D. Registration obliged him.
Explanation: - This sentence conveys the same meaning as the original sentence, indicating that external circumstances or forces required him to…
Correct answer: Circumstances obliged him to resign.- A. Sums are done by me.
- B. Sums are being done by me.
- C. I must be doing the sum.
- D. Sums must be done by me.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that "sums" (the subject) are being done (the action) by me (the agent).- The sentence…
Correct answer: Sums are being done by me.- A. A scholarship has granted to him by the principal.
- B. He has been granted a scholarship by the Principal.
- C. He has granted a scholarship by the Principal.
- D. A scholarship was granted to him by the principal.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that "he" (the subject) has been granted (the action) a scholarship (the object) by…
Correct answer: He has been granted a scholarship by the Principal.- A. A king has been made by him.
- B. He was made a king by them.
- C. They have been made king by him.
- D. He has been made a king by them.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that "he" (the subject) was made (the action) a king (the object) by them (the…
Correct answer: He was made a king by them.- A. Has a dog ever bites you?
- B. Have you ever being bitten by a dog?
- C. Are you bitten by a dog?
- D. Have you ever been bitten by a dog?
Explanation: - This sentence is in the correct form to ask if someone has experienced a past event (being bitten by a dog).- The verb tense is correct…
Correct answer: Have you ever been bitten by a dog?- A. I was kept awake by the noise of the traffic.
- B. The traffic kept me awake by noise.
- C. I kept myself awake due to the noise of the traffic.
- D. I remained awake by the noise of the traffic.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the focus is on the person (I) who was affected by the noise, rather than the…
Correct answer: I was kept awake by the noise of the traffic.- A. During festival people throng the shops.
- B. Men, women and children throng the shops before festival making various purchases.
- C. Men, women and children make purchases during festivals.
- D. The shops are thronged by people making purchases.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the focus is on the shops (the subject) being crowded by people (the agent).- The…
Correct answer: The shops are thronged by people making purchases.- A. I will oblige the circumstances and go.
- B. I shall be obliged to go by the circumstances.
- C. Under the circumstances, I should go.
- D. I shall be obliged by the circumstances to go.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the focus is on the person (I) who will be forced or required to act (go) due to…
Correct answer: I shall be obliged by the circumstances to go.- A. He was given by the king a reward.
- B. He were given a reward by the king.
- C. A reward was given by him to the king.
- D. He was given a reward by the king.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the focus is on the person (he) who received the reward, rather than the person…
Correct answer: He was given a reward by the king.- A. A letter wrote by Rajat.
- B. A letter was to be written by Rajat.
- C. A letter is to be written by Rajat.
- D. A letter is written by Rajat.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the focus is on the action (writing) and its object (the letter), rather than the…
Correct answer: A letter is written by Rajat.- A. Tea is being grown in Darjeeling.
- B. Let the tea be grown in Darjeeling.
- C. Tea grows in Darjeeling.
- D. Tea is grown in Darjeeling.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the focus is on the action (growing) and its object (tea), rather than the person…
Correct answer: Tea is grown in Darjeeling.- A. The instructions were read by the invigilator.
- B. The instructions had been read out by the invigilator.
- C. The instructions had been read by the invigilator.
- D. The instructions were being read out by the invigilator.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the focus is on the action (reading out) and its object (the instructions)…
Correct answer: The instructions were being read out by the invigilator.- A. After being driven to the museum, Professor Kumar was dropped at his hotel.
- B. Professor Kumar was being driven dropped at his hotel.
- C. After she had driven Professor Kumar to the museum she had dropped him at his hotel.
- D. After she was driven Professor Kumar to the museum she had dropped him at his hotel.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the focus is on Professor Kumar, who received the actions (being driven and being…
Correct answer: After being driven to the museum, Professor Kumar was dropped at his hotel.- A. Across the river a perfect dam was built.
- B. A perfect dam has been built by them across the river.
- C. A perfect dam should have been built by them.
- D. Across the river was a perfect dam.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the focus is on the dam (the object) that received the action (being built)…
Correct answer: A perfect dam has been built by them across the river.- A. These kittens can played with quite safely.
- B. These kittens can play with you quite safely.
- C. These kittens can be played with you quite safely.
- D. These kittens can be played with quite safely.
Explanation: - This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the focus is on the kittens (the object) that receive the action (being played…
Correct answer: These kittens can be played with quite safely.