Free Active and Passive Voice MCQs with Answers
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41. Passive Voice of " The baby has lost her doll"?
- A. Her doll was lost by the baby
- B. Her doll had been lost by the baby
- C. Her doll has been lost by the baby
- D. Her doll will have been lost by the baby
- E. Her doll has lost by the baby.
Explanation: The present perfect “has lost” changes to “has been lost” in the passive voice. The object “her doll” becomes the subject, while “by the baby” identifies the doer.
Correct answer: Her doll has been lost by the baby42. Passive Voice of "She will build this house" ?
- A. This house would be built by her
- B. This house would have been built by her
- C. This house will be built by her
- D. This house will have been by her
Explanation: The future simple passive is formed with will be plus the past participle: “This house will be built by her.” Would be built changes the tense from future to conditional.
Correct answer: This house will be built by her43. The ring was _______ by thieves.
- A. steal
- B. stole
- C. stolen
- D. stealing
Explanation: A passive construction requires be plus the past participle, so “was stolen” is correct. Steal is the base form, stole is the simple past, and stealing is the present participle.
Correct answer: stolen44. Passive voice of "They broke up the table for firewood" is _____________________?
- A. The table broke up for firewood by them.
- B. The table has broken up for firewood by them.
- C. The table had broken up for firewood by them.
- D. The table was broken up for firewood by them.
Explanation: The active sentence is in the simple past, so the passive requires “was” plus the past participle “broken,” giving “was broken up.” The phrasal verb “break up” remains together in the passive construction.
Correct answer: The table was broken up for firewood by them.45. Passive Voice of " She has completed two courses".
- A. Two courses are been completed by her.
- B. Two courses has been completed by her.
- C. Two courses have been completed by her.
- D. Two courses had been completed by her.
- E. Two courses will be completed by her.State & Local Government
Explanation: The present perfect passive is formed with “has/have been” plus the past participle. Because “two courses” is plural, the correct form is “have been completed.”
Correct answer: Two courses have been completed by her.46. Active Voice of "Movies are not watched by him".
- A. He did not watch movies.
- B. He do not watch movies.
- C. He does not watch movies.
- D. He is not watched movies.
Explanation: The passive present form “are watched” changes to the simple present active form “does watch”; with not, this becomes “does not watch.” The singular subject he requires does, not do.
Correct answer: He does not watch movies.47. Active Voice of "Indiscipline should not be encouraged by us".
- A. We shall not encouraging indiscipline.
- B. We have not encouraging indiscipline.
- C. We should not encourage Indiscipline.
- D. We must not encouraged indiscipline.
Explanation: The passive subject “indiscipline” becomes the object after the active subject “we”; the modal “should” is followed by the base verb “encourage.” Thus, “We should not encourage indiscipline” is correct.
Correct answer: We should not encourage Indiscipline.48. Passive Voice of "They held a meeting very early".
- A. A meeting was hold by them very early.
- B. A meeting will be held by them very early.
- C. A meeting is held by them very early
- D. A meeting was held by them very early.
Explanation: The past-tense verb “held” changes to “was held” in the passive, while “a meeting” becomes the subject. The agent phrase “by them” may be retained.
Correct answer: A meeting was held by them very early.49. Active Voice of "This house is used very rarely by us".
- A. We are using this house very rarely.
- B. We use this house very rarely.
- C. We used this house very rarely.
- D. We uses this house very rarely.Standardized & Admissions Tests
Explanation: The passive “is used” is simple present, so the active form uses the base verb “use” with the subject “we.” The correct sentence is “We use this house very rarely.”
Correct answer: We use this house very rarely.50. Passive Voice of "The box can contain no more".
- A. No more this box can contain.
- B. No more could be contained in this box.
- C. No more can be contained in this box.
- D. Nothing can be contained in this box.
Explanation: In the passive, “no more” becomes the amount being contained, and the modal structure “can contain” changes to “can be contained.” The natural sentence is “No more can be contained in this box.”
Correct answer: No more can be contained in this box.