Free Active and Passive Voice MCQs with Answers
557 Active and Passive Voice MCQs from English, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
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. I was pleased at your company
- B. I am please with your company
- C. I am pleasing with your company
- D. I am pleased with your company
Explanation: "I am pleased with your company." - This option correctly conveys that the company is pleasing to the speaker.
Correct answer: I am pleased with your company- A. Don't her be told any secret
- B. Don't let she not be told any secret
- C. Let not she tell any secret
- D. Let her not be told any secret.
Explanation: D is the correct option because This is the correct passive voice construction, indicating a command or suggestion for secrets not to be…
Correct answer: Let her not be told any secret.- A. He is calling you names
- B. He called you names
- C. He calls you names
- D. He call you names
Explanation: This is in the simple present tense, which indicates a habitual or repeated action.
Correct answer: He calls you names- A. This watch was given to me by her last year
- B. This watch was given to I by she last year
- C. This watch was given to her by me last year
- D. Last year was this shirt given to me by her
Explanation: "This watch was given to me by her last year." - This option correctly transforms the sentence into passive voice, indicating that the…
Correct answer: This watch was given to me by her last year- A. Don't let break her heart
- B. Don't broke her heart
- C. Don't break her heart
- D. Don't be broken her heart
Explanation: A is the correct option because This is the correct transformation into an imperative sentence.
Correct answer: Don't break her heart- A. The nurse cares the kid
- B. The kid was caring the nurse
- C. The nurse had cared the kid
- D. The nurse was caring for the kid
Explanation: D is the correct option because This is the correct past progressive (continuous) tense, matching the meaning of the original sentence…
Correct answer: The nurse was caring for the kid- A. At once arrest him
- B. Arrest him at once
- C. Let him arrest at once
- D. Arrest he at once
Explanation: "Arrest him at once." This option correctly transforms the sentence into the imperative form, maintaining the meaning and clarity.
Correct answer: Arrest him at once- A. They have laughed at me
- B. They had been laughing at me
- C. They were laughing at me
- D. They laughed at me
Explanation: This is in the active voice, simple past tense, and correctly matches the passive voice construction "I was laughed at" in the original…
Correct answer: They laughed at me- A. He will have knocked at your door.
- B. He will be knocking at your door
- C. He will knock at your door
- D. He will have been knocking at your door
Explanation: "He will knock at your door." - This is in active voice, future simple tense, indicating a planned action in the future.
Correct answer: He will knock at your door- A. We must write to him
- B. We must write to he
- C. We must written to him
- D. We must have written to him
Explanation: D is the correct active voice construction, indicating that the action of writing to him is necessary
Correct answer: We must write to him- A. He write a letter to his mother
- B. He has written a letter to his mother
- C. He wrote a letter to his mother
- D. He writes a letter to his mother
Explanation: D is the correct active voice construction in the present perfect tense, indicating that the action of writing the letter is completed…
Correct answer: He has written a letter to his mother- A. I have taught them this poem.
- B. I have taught they this poem.
- C. Me has taught them this poem
- D. I have been teaching them this poem
Explanation: "I have taught them this poem." This is in active voice and correctly matches the meaning of the original sentence.
Correct answer: I have taught them this poem.- A. The basics of computer are known to me.
- B. The basic of computer are known to me.
- C. The basics of computer is known to me.
- D. The basics of computer are known by me.
Explanation: "The basics of computer are known to me." This correctly transforms the sentence into passive voice, indicating that I have knowledge of…
Correct answer: The basics of computer are known to me.- A. They fly kites
- B. They were flying kites
- C. They flew kites
- D. They had flown kites
Explanation: C is in the simple past tense, which matches the past passive voice construction of the original sentence.
Correct answer: They flew kites- A. He milks the cow
- B. He was milking the cow
- C. He milked the cow
- D. He had milked the cow
Explanation: C is the right answer because This is in the past progressive (continuous) tense, which matches the passive voice construction of the…
Correct answer: He was milking the cow- A. By whom was you taught French?
- B. From whom were you taught French?
- C. By whom you were taught French?
- D. By whom were you taught French?
Explanation: This sentence is correctly structured as a question in the passive voice. It correctly uses "by whom" and inverts "were you."
Correct answer: By whom were you taught French?- A. Water is contained in this pot
- B. Water is contained by this pot
- C. Water is contained of this pot
- D. Water is contained to this pot
Explanation: This sentence correctly uses the passive structure and the preposition "in," which is appropriate for indicating where the water is held.
Correct answer: Water is contained in this pot- A. I was vexed at you
- B. I was vexed by you
- C. I was vexing at you
- D. I were vexed at you
Explanation: This option uses the correct passive structure and the appropriate preposition "by" to indicate the agent.
Correct answer: I was vexed by you- A. He was refused admittance by the guard
- B. He was refused admittance to the guard
- C. He was refused admittance from the guard
- D. He was refused admittance with the guard
Explanation: This option uses the correct passive structure and the appropriate preposition "by" to indicate the agent performing the action.
Correct answer: He was refused admittance by the guard- A. Promises should be kept
- B. Promises should be keeping
- C. Promises should have been kept
- D. Promises should kept
Explanation: This option correctly transforms the active voice into the passive voice while maintaining the intended meaning.
Correct answer: Promises should be kept