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Active & Passive Voice Test 19
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions

    She spoke to the official on duty.
    Solutions
    This is a sentence of simple past. Its active/passive voice structures are:
    Active: Subject + verb(IInd form) + object.
    Passive: Object + was/were + verb (IIIrd form) + by + subject.
    By following the above structure, the passive voice of the given sentence would be:
    The official on duty was spoken to by her.
    So, the correct answer is option A.
  • Question 2/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions

    People drink champagne on New Year’s Eve.
    Solutions
    The given sentence is in active voice. It is simple form of present tense. The structures for active/passive voices are:
    Active: Subject + verb (“s“ or “es” with singular noun) + object…
    Passive: Object + Is/are/am + verb (IIIrd form) + by + subject…
    So, based on the above structures, we can convert the given sentence into passive voice:
    Champagne is drunk on New Year’s Eve.
  • Question 3/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions

    The police were searching for the thief.
    Solutions
    The given sentence is in active voice. Its tense is past continuous. The structures for active/passive voices are:
    Active: Subject + was/were + verb (ing) + object…
    Passive: Object + was/were + being + verb (IIIrd from) + by + subject...
    So, with the help of the above structures, we can convert the given sentence into passive voice:
    The thief was being searched by the police.
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions

    I was obliged to go.
    Solutions
    Basic rules to be followed for Active/Passive conversions are:
    1. The object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb.
    2. The finite form of the verb is changed (to + be + past participle).
    3. The subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped).
    4. The preposition "by" is used before the object.

    It is clear from the construction that the sentence is in the passive voice. The object has been dropped which is in sync with option 3. 

    An active sentence in the simple past is converted to passive as:
    subject + was/were + V3+ by+ object

    Note: The reversal of these rules can be applied to convert the given passive sentence into active voice. 
  • Question 5/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions

    I would like someone to help me.
    Solutions

    In sentences, where the subject does not work but is worked upon by someone, the passive voice is made following the below structures:

    Active: Subject + 1st verb + To + 2nd Verb (Ist form) + Object..

    Passive: Object + 1st verb + To + Be + 2nd Verb (3rd form) + By + Subject…

    Active: There is work to do.

    Passive: There is work to be done.

    This sentence has a modal verb, hence the structure, in this case, will be:

    Object + phrasal verb + 1st verb + To + Be + 2nd Verb (3rd form) + By + Subject…

    Hence, option B is correct.
  • Question 6/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions

    My brilliant niece is speaking Italian.
    Solutions

    The given sentence is in active voice. Its tense is present continuous. The structures for active/passive voices are: 

    Active: Subject + is/are/am + verb (ing) + object…

    Passive: Object + is/are/am + being + verb (IIIrd from) + by + subject...
    So, with the help of the above structures, we can convert the given sentence into passive voice:
    Italian is being spoken by my brilliant niece.

  • Question 7/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions

    We waste much time on trifles.
    Solutions
    The given sentence is in active voice. It is simple form of present tense. The structures for active/passive voices are:
    Active: Subject + verb (“s“ or “es” with singular noun) + object…
    Passive: Object + Is/are/am + verb (IIIrd form) + by + subject…
    So, based on the above structures, we can convert the given sentence into passive voice:
    Much time is wasted by us on trifles.
  • Question 8/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions

    They will have finished the paper by 11 O’clock.
    Solutions
    The sentence is of future perfect tense.The structures of such sentences are:
    Active: Subject + will/shall + have + verb (IIIrd form) + object.
    Passive: Object + will/shall + have + been + verb (IIIrd form) + by + subject.
    So, as per the above structure, the passive voice of the given sentence would be:
    The paper will have been finished by them by 11 O’clock.

    Hence, option B is the correct answer.

  • Question 9/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions

    The boys were digging a hole in the ground.
    Solutions

    The given sentence is in active form of simple past tense. The structures for active/passive voices are:
    Active: Subject + verb (IInd form) + object...
    Passive: Object + was/were + verb (IIIrd form) + by + subject...
    So, with the help of the above structures, we can convert the given sentence into passive voice: A hole was being dug by the boys in the ground.
    Hence, option D is the correct answer. 

  • Question 10/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence.

    ...view full instructions

    Honey tastes sweet.
    Solutions
    Such sentences are called Mid-voice or Quasi-Passive voice. Such sentences seem in active voice but their meaning is in the passive voice. Such sentences have verbs that are intransitive (without a direct object). 

    In the given sentence, the verb ‘tastes’ is intransitive (without any object) and sweet is the adverb. So, we use "it" to refer to the subject on which the action is being taken. In such sentences, we do not use the connector "by". We use "when".

    For example:

    Active form: Flowers smell wonderful.

    Passive form: Flowers smell wonderful when it is smelt.

    Hence, option C is the correct answer.
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