Active & Passive Voice — Set 2
Questions 11–20 of 140
Change to Passive Voice: 'The manager interviews candidates every Monday.'
Correct Answer: A. Candidates are interviewed by the manager every Monday.
Simple Present Passive = is/am/are + past participle. Since 'candidates' is plural, 'are' is used. 'Interviews' → 'are interviewed'. Every Monday indicates habitual action, preserved in the passive. 'By the manager' shows the agent.
Change to Passive Voice: 'People speak English all over the world.'
Correct Answer: B. English is spoken all over the world.
Simple Present Passive = is/am/are + past participle. When the agent is vague/general like 'people', 'by people' is usually omitted. 'English is spoken all over the world' is the standard idiomatic passive form without the agent.
Change to Passive Voice: 'The chef prepared a delicious dinner last night.'
Correct Answer: A. A delicious dinner was prepared by the chef last night.
Simple Past Active → Passive = was/were + past participle. 'Prepared' is both past and past participle. 'A delicious dinner' becomes the passive subject. 'Last night' (time adverb) is retained. The chef becomes 'by the chef'.
Change to Passive Voice: 'We will complete the task by Friday.'
Correct Answer: C. The task will be completed by us by Friday.
Simple Future Passive = will be + past participle. 'Complete' → 'completed' (past participle). Object 'task' becomes subject. The agent 'we' becomes 'by us'. Both 'by us' and 'by Friday' appear — agent uses 'by', deadline also uses 'by'.
Change to Passive Voice: 'Somebody stole my wallet.'
Correct Answer: B. My wallet was stolen.
Simple Past Passive = was/were + past participle. 'Stole' → 'was stolen'. When the agent is unknown/unimportant (somebody), 'by somebody' is omitted. 'My wallet' (object) becomes the subject. This is a very common passive construction.
Change to Passive Voice: 'She does not like chocolates.'
Correct Answer: A. Chocolates are not liked by her.
Negative Simple Present Passive = is/am/are + not + past participle. 'Does not like' → 'are not liked'. The negative is preserved. 'Chocolates' (plural) takes 'are'. 'She' becomes 'by her' as the agent in the passive.
Change to Passive Voice: 'He did not break the window.'
Correct Answer: B. The window was not broken by him.
Negative Simple Past Passive = was/were + not + past participle. 'Did not break' → 'was not broken'. 'Window' (singular) takes 'was'. Negation 'not' is placed between 'was' and 'broken'. 'He' becomes 'by him'.
Which sentence is in Active Voice? A) The cake was eaten by John. B) The book is being read by Mary. C) The children played in the garden. D) Mistakes were made by everyone.
Correct Answer: C. The children played in the garden.
In Active Voice, the subject performs the action. 'The children played in the garden' — 'the children' (subject) perform 'played' (action). Options A, B, and D all have passive constructions: 'was eaten', 'is being read', and 'were made' respectively.
Change to Active Voice: 'The letter was written by him.'
Correct Answer: B. He wrote the letter.
Passive 'was written' (Simple Past Passive) converts to Simple Past Active. 'Was written by him' → 'He wrote'. The passive subject 'letter' becomes the object. 'By him' becomes 'He' (subject nominative form). Past passive → simple past active.
Change to Passive Voice: 'He teaches us English.'
Correct Answer: C. Both A and B are correct.
When there are two objects (indirect: us, direct: English), either object can become the passive subject. 'We are taught English by him' (indirect object as subject) and 'English is taught to us by him' (direct object as subject) are both correct. When direct object becomes subject, indirect object takes 'to'.