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. gives
- B. is given
- C. would give
- D. would be given
Explanation: “Would be given” is passive because he receives the authority rather than gives it, and “would” reports a future expectation from a past…
Correct answer: would be given- A. pull
- B. pulling
- C. pulled
- D. pulls
Explanation: After the modal “must be,” the passive voice requires the past participle “pulled.” “Pulled down” means demolished or brought down.
Correct answer: pulled- A. The room needed to clean by her.
- B. The room needed to be cleaned by her.
- C. The room needs to be clean by her.
- D. The room needs to be cleaned by her.
Explanation: Option D correctly uses the passive voice. It uses the auxiliary verb "be" in combination with the past participle form of the verb…
Correct answer: The room needs to be cleaned by her.- A. Were discovered
- B. Discovered
- C. Are discovered
- D. Had been discovered
Explanation: B is the correct option because this is an active voice and past tense.
Correct answer: Discovered- A. Would have
- B. Would had
- C. Would have been
- D. Would had been
Explanation: This is a third conditional sentence. Correct structure: If + past perfect + would have + past participle.
Correct answer: Would have been- A. Sent to
- B. Were sent to
- C. Sent
- D. Would have sent to
Explanation: The main verb of the sentence is 'should be checked'. The blank therefore needs a reduced passive relative clause (past participle)…
Correct answer: Sent to- A. Were run
- B. Was run
- C. Ran
- D. Runs
Explanation: This is the correct past tense form of the verb "run" in active voice, indicating that people performed action of running.
Correct answer: Ran- A. Caught
- B. Was caught
- C. Had caught
- D. Has caught
Explanation: The sentence is in the passive voice. It should read: "the thief immediately was caught by the people." The action was done to the thief…
Correct answer: Was caught- A. Were torn
- B. Has torn
- C. Was torn
- D. Had torn
Explanation: This is the correct past tense passive voice construction. It correctly indicates that the city was the subject of the action (being torn)…
Correct answer: Was torn- A. Was accused
- B. Has accused
- C. Accused
- D. Is accused
Explanation: The sentence should read: "The truck driver accused the lady who was walking in the middle of the road." Here, the subject (truck driver)…
Correct answer: Accused- A. Had been gone
- B. Had gone
- C. Has been gone
- D. Was gone
Explanation: The phrase "By the time he arrived" indicates that the action of leaving was completed before another past action.
Correct answer: Had gone- A. A letter was
- B. Has a letter
- C. Was a letter
- D. Had a letter
Explanation: In passive voice, the auxiliary verb 'was' comes before the subject. So the sentence becomes: "By whom was a letter written?"
Correct answer: Was a letter- A. He is calling you names.
- B. He calls you names.
- C. He called you names.
- D. You are being called names by him.
Explanation: The sentence 'You are called names by him.' is in passive voice and present simple tense.
Correct answer: He calls you names.- A. Believed
- B. Was believing
- C. Was believed
- D. Is believing
Explanation: 'It was believed' is the correct past passive form, indicating a belief held in the past that the sun revolved around the earth.
Correct answer: Was believed- A. This mischief could not be done by a child.
- B. This mischief could not been done by a child.
- C. This mischief could not have been done by a child.
- D. This mischief a child could not have been done.
Explanation: In passive voice, the object 'this mischief' becomes the subject, and the verb phrase changes to 'could not have been done' to retain the…
Correct answer: This mischief could not have been done by a child.- A. Was knocked at
- B. Was knocked
- C. Was knocking at
- D. Knocks at
Explanation: The verb "knock", when used with a door, requires the preposition "at". The passive form is "was knocked at".
Correct answer: Was knocked at- A. Were arrested
- B. Has arrested
- C. Was arrested
- D. Had arrested
Explanation: The subject "A gang of robbers" is treated as plural because it refers to multiple robbers.
Correct answer: Were arrested- A. The official on duty was spoken to by her.
- B. The official was spoken to by her on duty.
- C. She was spoken to by the official on duty.
- D. She was the official to be spoken to on duty.
Explanation: The correct answer is Option A because it correctly converts the active sentence into the passive voice.
Correct answer: The official on duty was spoken to by her.- A. The patient was advised by the doctor not to eat rice.
- B. The patient was advised by the doctor that he should not eat rice.
- C. The patient was being advised by the doctor that he should not rice by the doctor.
- D. The patient has been advised not to eat rice by the doctor.
Explanation: The given sentence is in active voice. Subject (The doctor) + verb (advised. + object (the patient) + infinitive phrase (not to eat rice).
Correct answer: The patient was advised by the doctor not to eat rice.- A. Your offer cannot be accepted by me.
- B. I cannot be accepted by your offer.
- C. The offer cannot be accepted by me.
- D. Your offer cannot be accepted.
Explanation: In passive voice, the object 'your offer' becomes the subject, the verb becomes 'cannot be accepted,' and the original subject 'I' is…
Correct answer: Your offer cannot be accepted by me.