Free Active and Passive Voice MCQs with Answers
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21. Who is creating this mess?
- A. Who has been created this mess?
- B. By whom has this mess been created?
- C. By whom this mess is being created?
- D. By whom is this mess being created?Downloading Interactive Party Trivia Games
Explanation: The present continuous active form is creating, so the passive form must be is being created; the agent is introduced by by whom. This gives: By whom is this mess being created?
Correct answer: By whom is this mess being created?Downloading Interactive Party Trivia Games22. I remember my sister taking me to the museum.
- A. I remember I was taken to the museum by my sister.
- B. I remember being taken to the museum by my sister.
- C. I remember myself being taken to the museum by my sister.
- D. I remember taken to the museum by my sister.
Explanation: After remember, the gerund phrase my sister taking me can be changed to the passive form being taken by my sister. The natural transformation is therefore I remember being taken to the museum by my sister.
Correct answer: I remember being taken to the museum by my sister.23. You must obey your parents.
- A. Your parents must obeyed by you.
- B. Your parents must been obeyed by you.
- C. Your parents must be obeyed by you.
- D. Your parents must being obeyed by you.
Explanation: After the modal must, the passive form is must be plus the past participle: “must be obeyed.” The other options use incorrect forms of be.
Correct answer: Your parents must be obeyed by you.24. Have you taken a rest?
- A. Have a rest been taken by you?
- B. Have a rest taken by you.
- C. Had a rest taken by you?
- D. Have a rest be take by you?
Explanation: The present perfect passive is formed with have or has been plus the past participle: “Have a rest been taken...?” The auxiliary have must therefore be followed by been taken.
Correct answer: Have a rest been taken by you?25. Why does an officer neglect duties?
- A. Why the duties neglected by an officer?
- B. Why are the duties neglected by an officer?
- C. Why is the duties neglected by an officer?
- D. Why are the duties neglect by an officer.
Explanation: The simple present passive question requires are because duties is plural, followed by the past participle neglected. Thus, “Why are the duties neglected...?” is correct.
Correct answer: Why are the duties neglected by an officer?26. Did you visit a zoo?
- A. Was a zoo being visited by you?
- B. Was a zoo be visited by you?
- C. Was a zoo been visited by you?
- D. Was a zoo visited by you?Government & Public Sector Jobs
Explanation: A simple past passive sentence uses was or were plus the past participle: “Was a zoo visited by you?” Being and been would incorrectly change the required tense or structure.
Correct answer: Was a zoo visited by you?Government & Public Sector Jobs27. She will invite me.
- A. I shall be invited by her.
- B. I will invited by her.
- C. I shall being invited by her.
- D. I will been invited by her.Educational Resources
Explanation: In the traditional subject-pronoun sequence, will changes to shall with first-person I, giving “I shall be invited by her.” The passive future requires be plus the past participle invited.
Correct answer: I shall be invited by her.28. I take exercise daily.
- A. Exercise are taken daily by me.
- B. Exercise is taken daily by me.
- C. Exercise is being taken daily by me.
- D. Exercise is been taken daily by me.Language Resources
Explanation: Exercise is generally uncountable in the sense of physical activity, so it takes is. The simple present passive is therefore “Exercise is taken daily by me.”
Correct answer: Exercise is taken daily by me.29. You will praise her very much.
- A. She will praised very much by you.
- B. She will be praised very much by you.
- C. She will being praised very much by you.
- D. She will been praised very much by you.Quiz Mode Feature
Explanation: The future passive is will be plus the past participle: “She will be praised.” Being and been do not follow will in this construction.
Correct answer: She will be praised very much by you.30. Why do you tell a lie?
- A. Why a lie told by you?
- B. Why is a lie be told by you?
- C. Why is a lie told by you?
- D. Why is a lite being told you?
Explanation: The simple present passive question uses is plus the past participle told: “Why is a lie told by you?” “Is ... be told” incorrectly combines two forms of the auxiliary.
Correct answer: Why is a lie told by you?