Change the Voice Worksheet-1
Multiple-Choice Questions:
Change the voice of the given sentence:
(A) The cat was killed by the rat.
(B) The cat is killed by the rat.
(C) The rat was killed by the cat.
(D) The rat has been killed by the cat.
(A) You shut the door.
(B) Let the door be shut.
(C) The door is shut.
(D) The door was shut.
(A) At the fair the bag was stolen.
(B) Was the bag stolen at the fair?
(C) Someone stole the bag at the fair.
(D) At the bag the fair was stolen.
(A) A letter is being written by Sonal.
(B) A letter is written by Sonal.
(C) A letter was being written by Sonal.
(D) A letter was written by Sonal.
(A) Who has broken the glass?
(B) The glass had been broken by who?
(C) By whom was the glass broken?
(D) By who was the glass broke?
(A) The patient has been treated by the doctor.
(B) The patient was treated by the doctor.
(C) The patient had been treated by the doctor.
(D) The patient has treated by the doctor.
(A) The cat will given milk by whom?
(B) By whom will the cat be given milk?
(C) The cat will be gave milk by who?
(D) Who gave the milk to the cat?
(A) Yesterday this shirt was washed by mother.
(B) This shirt has been washed by mother yesterday.
(C) Mother washed this shirt yesterday.
(D) Mother has washed this shirt yesterday.
(A) Their room has been cleaned by Sunil and Anil.
(B) The room was cleaned by Sunil and Anil.
(C) Their room was cleaned by Sunil and Anil.
(D) Their room had been cleaned by Sunil and Anil.
(A) Traffic rules have to be obeyed.
(B) Traffic rules must always be obeyed.
(C) You should always obey traffic rules.
(D) One always obeys traffic rules.
(A) My friend and Sheila cannot play cricket.
(B) Cricket cannot be played by my friend and Sheila.
(C) Sheila and my friend can’t play cricket.
(D) Sheila and my friend could not play cricket.
(A) The terrorist shot at the police.
(B) The terrorist was shot at by the police.
(C) The police was shooting the terrorist.
(D) The terrorist shot the police.
(A) By many people this new novel has been read.
(B) Many people read this new novel.
(C) Many people have read this new novel.
(D) Many people had read this new novel.
(A) This tree is climbed easily by that boy.
(B) The boy could climb this tree easily.
(C) This tree can easily be climbed by that boy.
(D) This tree was climbed easily by that boy.
(A) All of us electrified that voice.
(B) All of us were electrified by that voice.
(C) We electrified that voice.
(D) That voice has electrified us all.
Answers:
Exp: Object of active sentence (rat) is subject of passive sentence and the verb is in simple past tense, so passive verb ‘was killed’ is used.
Exp: Object of active sentence (door) is the subject of passive sentence and since the sentence is imperative, ‘let’ and ‘be shut’ are used.
Exp: The passive voice has been changed into active voice.
Exp: The active sentence is in the present continuous tense and hence the verb ‘is being written’ is used in the passive voice.
Exp: The active voice has been changed to passive voice. (broke – was broken) (who – by whom)
Exp: The active voice has been changed to passive voice. (has treated – has been treated) (the doctor – by the doctor)
Exp: The active voice has been changed to passive voice. (will give – will be given) (who – by whom)
Exp: The passive voice has been changed to active voice. (was washed – washed) (by mother – mother)
Exp: The active voice has been changed to passive voice. (have cleaned – has been cleaned) (Sunil and Anil – by Sunil and Anil)
Exp: The active voice has been changed to passive voice. (must obey – must be obeyed) (unclear subject – not mentioned in passive voice)
Exp: The active voice has been changed to passive voice. (cannot play – cannot be played) (My friend and Sheila – by my friend and Sheila)
Exp: The active voice has been changed to passive voice. (shot at – was shot at) (the police – by the police)
Exp: The passive voice has been changed to active voice. (by many people – many people) (has been read – have read)
Exp: The active voice has been changed to passive voice. (can easily climb – can easily be climbed) (that boy – by that boy)
Exp: The active voice has been changed to passive voice. (electrified – were electrified) (that voice – by that voice)
