Active Passive Voice Questions with Answers Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Robin rolled the marble through a small plastic pipe.
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646c7293cdae930acb919f53Robin rolled the marble through a small plastic pipe.
- 1The marble was rolled by Robin in a small plastic pipe.false
- 2A small plastic pipe was rolled through a marble by Robin.false
- 3The marble was rolled through a small plastic pipe by Robin.true
- 4The marble through a small plastic pipe was rolled by Robin.false
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Answer : 3. "The marble was rolled through a small plastic pipe by Robin."
Explanation :
The given sentence is in Active Voice. As per the given question, we have to change it to Passive Voice.
The structure of the given sentence is as follows: Subject + V2 + Object.
(Active Voice) Subject (objective case) + was/were + V3 + Object (subjective case).
(Passive Voice) Example: Their cousin showed them some rare photographs.
(Active Voice) They were shown some rare photographs by their cousin.
(Passive Voice) The subject of the given sentence is 'Robin'.
The object of the given sentence is 'The marble.
The subject will be put in place of the object and the object will be put in place of the subject.
And 'rolled' will be changed into 'was rolled'. Lastly, the preposition 'by' will be added.
Q:Direction: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive voice.
The books exhibition had been opened by the Governor.
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632c6ff01656651c9ea462ea- 1The Governor had opened the books exhibitiontrue
- 2The Governor has opened the books exhibitionfalse
- 3The Governor opened the books exhibitionfalse
- 4The Governor opens the books exhibitionfalse
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Answer : 1. "The Governor had opened the books exhibition"
Q: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
All his friends laughed at him.
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6480384662f8ada0354fb0a8All his friends laughed at him.
- 1He became laughable to his friends.false
- 2He was laughed at by all his friends.true
- 3His friends were being laughed at by him.false
- 4All his friends were laughing at him.false
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Answer : 2. "He was laughed at by all his friends."
Explanation :
The given sentence is in Active Voice. As per the given question we have to change it into Passive Voice.
The structure of the given sentence as follows:
Subject + V2+ Object. (Active Voice)
Subject (objective case)+ was/were + V3 + Object (subjective case). (Passive Voice)
Example:
Their cousin showed them some rare photographs. (Active Voice)
They were shown some rare photographs by their cousin. (Passive Voice).
The subject of the given sentence is 'All his friends'.
The object of the given sentence is 'him'.
The subject will be put in place of the object and the object will be put in place of the subject.
And 'laughed' will be changed into 'was laughed'. Lastly, the 'by' preposition will be added.
Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we find that the correct answer is Option 2.
Q:Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The sweet mangoes were eaten by the children.
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645b3db1cdae930acb6583c0- 1The children were eating the sweet mangoes.false
- 2The children was eating the sweet mangoes.false
- 3The children are eating the sweet mangoes.false
- 4The children ate the sweet mangoes.true
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Answer : 4. "The children ate the sweet mangoes."
Q: Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
The audience was surprised by the ending of the play.
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64c3ada9a919c8488e139173- 1The ending of the play was surprising for the audience.false
- 2The ending of the play surprised the audience.false
- 3The ending of the play has surprised the audience.true
- 4The audience surprised the ending of the playfalse
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Answer : 3. "The ending of the play has surprised the audience."
Explanation :
Detailed Solution
The correct answer is- The ending of the play surprised the audience.
Additional Information
The given sentence is in a passive voice form, hence we need to convert it into an active voice form.
Find the subject (The audience) and object (the ending of the play) of the sentence and exchange their places.
The given sentence is in the simple past tense.
The active verb form for simple past is: Subject + past participle form of the verb + Object.
So, 'was surprised' changes to 'surprised'. At last line up the remaining part.
Following these steps, we finally get- The ending of the play surprised the audience.
Q:Directions: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive /Active Voice.
Robin would draw a picture in the competition.
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6308b1c9e748b351c5e23cd4- 1In the competition Robin would have to draw a picture.false
- 2A picture in the competition would have been drawn by Robin.false
- 3In the competition Robin would be drawn a picture.false
- 4A picture would be drawn by Robin in the competition.true
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Answer : 4. "A picture would be drawn by Robin in the competition. "
Q: Transform the given sentence as directed choosing the best option. Someone seems to have made a terrible mistake.
(Change to passive)
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633ed63bda15932e53e3d3e2(Change to passive)
- 1A terrible mistake seems to have been made.true
- 2It seems a terrible mistake been made.false
- 3A terrible mistake seem to have made.false
- 4A Terrible mistake have been seen to have made.false
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Answer : 1. "A terrible mistake seems to have been made."
Q: Manthan is watering the plants.
(Change into passive voice)
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633ecf87cec87456387fcee0(Change into passive voice)
- 1The plants are watered by Manthan.false
- 2Manthan is being watered by the plants.false
- 3The plants are being watered by Manthan.true
- 4None of the above.false
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