Change the voice Worksheet-1
Change the voice of the given sentence:
A. Made us happy their result.
B. We made their result happy.
C. We are made happy by their result.
D. We were made happy by their result.
A. A surprise she gave her mother.
B. A surprise was given by her to her mother.
C. Her mother is given a surprise by her.
D. The mother is giving a surprise to her.
A. By Sheila the mango was found.
B. Sheila found the mango
C. Sheila has found the mango.
D. Sheila was finding the mango.
A. Let the new born pups not be troubled.
B. The new born pups do not trouble.
C. You should not trouble the new born pups.
D. Should you trouble the new born pups?
A. The petrol prices have been raised.
B. The government has raised the petrol prices.
C. Have been raised petrol prices.
D. Who has raised the petrol prices?
A. Lies should not be told by you.
B. Lies are not to be told by you.
C. Tell lies you should not.
D. Should you not tell lies?
A. An autobiography Sunita is reading.
B. An autobiography is read by Sunita.
C. An autobiography is being read by Sunita.
D. An autobiography was being read by Sunita.
A. The project Ravi has finished.
B. The project has been finished by Ravi.
C. The project was finished by Ravi.
D. The project had been finished by Ravi.
A. At night a thrilling story will be told to the kids.
B. Will a thrilling story be told to the kids at night?
C. We will tell a thrilling story to the kids at night.
D. They told a thrilling story to the kids at night.
A. Last week the gardeners were sowing saplings.
B. Saplings were sown by the gardeners last week.
C. Saplings were being sown by the gardeners last week.
D. Saplings have been sown by the gardeners last week.
Answer Key:
Explanation: Object of active sentence (us) is subject of passive sentence and the verb has been changed accordingly.
Explanation: Object of active sentence (a surprise) is subject of passive sentence and the verb has been changed accordingly.
Explanation: Object of passive sentence (by Sheila) is subject of active sentence and the verb has been changed accordingly.
Explanation: Object of active sentence (new born pups) is subject of passive sentence and the sentence is imperative hence ‘Let’ is used with ‘be troubled’.
Explanation: Hidden object of passive sentence (the government) is subject of active sentence and the verb has been changed accordingly.
Explanation: Object of active sentence (lies) is subject of passive sentence and the verb is a modal and so ‘be told’ is used.
Explanation: Object of active sentence (an autobiography) is subject of passive sentence and the verb has been changed accordingly.
Explanation: Object of active sentence (the project) is subject of passive sentence and the verb has been changed accordingly.
Explanation: Hidden object of passive sentence (us) is subject of active sentence and the verb has been changed accordingly.
Explanation: Object of active sentence (saplings) is subject of passive sentence and the verb has been changed accordingly.