Change the Voice Worksheet-1
Multiple-Choice Questions:
Change the voice of the given sentence:
(A) Made us happy the information.
(B) We made the information happy.
(C) We were made happy by the information.
(D) We are made happy by the information.
(A) A rose he gave his teacher.
(B) A rose was given by him to his teacher.
(C) His teacher is given a rose by him.
(D) The teacher is giving a rose to him.
(A) By Sheila the apple was eaten.
(B) Sheila ate the apple.
(C) Sheila has eaten the apple.
(D) Sheila was eating the apple.
(A) Let the new born kittens not be troubled.
(B) The new born kittens do not trouble.
(C) You should not trouble the new born kittens.
(D) Should you trouble the new born kittens?
(A) The car prices have been hiked.
(B) The government has hiked the car prices.
(C) Have been hiked car prices.
(D) Who has hiked the car prices?
(A) Mistakes should not be made by you.
(B) Mistakes are not to be made by you.
(C) Make mistakes you should not.
(D) Should you not make mistakes?
(A) An essay Sunita is writing.
(B) An essay is written by Sunita.
(C) An essay is being written by Sunita.
(D) An essay was being written by Sunita.
(A) The work has been done by Ravi.
(B) The work Ravi has done.
(C) The work was done by Ravi.
(D) The work had been done by Ravi.
(A) In the evening an interesting story will be told to the children.
(B) We will tell an interesting story to the children in the evening.
(C) Will an interesting story be told to the children in the evening?
(D) They told an interesting story to the children in the evening.
(A) Yesterday the farmers were sowing saplings.
(B) Saplings were sown by the farmers yesterday.
(C) Saplings were being sown by the farmers yesterday.
(D) Saplings have been sown by the farmers yesterday.
Answers:
Exp: Object of active sentence (us) is subject of passive sentence and the verb has been changed accordingly.
Exp: Object of active sentence (a rose) is subject of passive sentence and the verb has been changed accordingly.
Exp: Object of passive sentence (by Sheila) is subject of active sentence and the verb has been changed accordingly.
Exp: Object of active sentence (new born kittens) is subject of passive sentence and the sentence is imperative hence ‘Let’ is used with ‘be troubled’.
Exp: Hidden object of passive sentence (the government) is subject of passive sentence and the verb has been changed accordingly.
Exp: Object of active sentence (mistakes) is subject of passive sentence and the verb is a modal and so ‘be made’ is used.
Exp: Object of active sentence (an essay) is subject of passive sentence and the verb has been changed accordingly.
Exp: Object of active sentence (the work) is subject of passive sentence and the verb has been changed accordingly.
Exp: Hidden object of passive sentence (us) is subject of active sentence and the verb has been changed accordingly.
Exp: Object of active sentence (saplings) is subject of passive sentence and the verb has been changed accordingly.
