All Free English MCQs with Answers

3001. You are called names by him:

• 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. To convert it to active voice, rearrange the components so that 'he' is the subject performing the action: 'He calls you names.' This maintains the present simple tense. The other options either change the tense or maintain the passive structure, which is why they are incorrect.

3002. It _ earlier that the sun revolved round the earth.

• 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.

3003. Choose the correct one:A child could not have done this mischief.

• 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 original tense and meaning, with 'by a child' as the agent.

3004. The door _ by him.

• 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".

3005. A gang of robbers _ arrested by the police last night near the island.

• 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. The past tense passive form "were arrested" correctly shows that the police performed the action last night.

3006. Choose the correct one:She spoke to the official on duty.

• 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. "The official on duty" becomes the subject, and the verb changes to "was spoken to," which is the right passive form of "spoke to". The phrase "by her" shows who performed the action, keeping the meaning the same.

3007. Choose the correct one:The doctor advised the patient not to eat rice.

• 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). To change it into passive voice, we make the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence. So: The patient + was advised + by the doctor + not to eat rice. The patient was advised by the doctor not to eat rice.

3008. Choose the correct one:I cannot accept your offer.

• 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 expressed as the agent 'by me'.

3009. There will be no more supplies unless all arrears of payment _ cleared by next Monday.

• A. Were
• B. Are
• C. Have
• D. Had

Explanation: The sentence talks about a real future condition. In future real conditional sentences, we use present simple in the "unless" clause.

3010. Choose the correct one:They will inform the police.

• A. The police will be informed by them.
• B. The police will inform them.
• C. The police are informed by them.
• D. Informed will be the police by them.

Explanation: The original sentence "They will inform the police" is in active voice, where the subject "they" performs the action of informing. To convert it to passive voice, we need to make the police the subject, and the action (informing) is performed on them. Hence, the correct passive voice construction is "The police will be informed by them".