Active & Passive Voice — Set 3
Questions 21–30 of 140
Change to Passive Voice: 'The farmer grows wheat in this field.'
Correct Answer: A. Wheat is grown by the farmer in this field.
Simple Present Passive = is/am/are + past participle. 'Grows' → 'is grown' (wheat is singular). Adverbial phrase 'in this field' is retained. The farmer becomes 'by the farmer'. This is a straightforward Simple Present conversion.
Change to Passive Voice: 'They sell fresh vegetables at this shop.'
Correct Answer: A. Fresh vegetables are sold at this shop.
Simple Present Passive = is/am/are + past participle. 'Sell' → 'are sold'. Agent 'they' is vague/general, so 'by them' is typically omitted. Location 'at this shop' is retained. This gives a clean, natural passive sentence.
Change to Passive Voice: 'She will send the parcel tomorrow.'
Correct Answer: B. The parcel will be sent by her tomorrow.
Simple Future Passive = will be + past participle. 'Will send' → 'will be sent'. 'Send' past participle is 'sent'. Object 'parcel' becomes the new subject. 'She' → 'by her'. 'Tomorrow' stays as adverbial. Do not omit 'be' in 'will be sent'.
Change to Passive Voice: 'I saw him crossing the street.'
Correct Answer: A. He was seen crossing the street by me.
When 'see' is used with present participle (V-ing) in active, the passive retains the -ing form: 'was seen crossing'. Option B uses 'to cross' which applies when 'see' is used with bare infinitive. Since original has 'crossing', passive preserves it.
Change to Passive Voice: 'I heard him sing a song.'
Correct Answer: B. He was heard to sing a song by me.
With perception verbs (see, hear, watch) + bare infinitive in active, the passive uses 'to + infinitive'. 'Heard him sing' → 'was heard to sing'. This is a key grammar rule: bare infinitive in active becomes 'to-infinitive' in passive with perception verbs.
Change to Passive Voice: 'She makes him work hard.'
Correct Answer: A. He is made to work hard by her.
With causative 'make' + bare infinitive in active, the passive adds 'to': 'made to work'. This is similar to the perception verb rule. 'Make him work' → 'He is made to work'. Simple Present active → Simple Present passive = is/am/are + made to + verb.
Change to Passive Voice: 'My mother makes delicious biryani.'
Correct Answer: B. Delicious biryani is made by my mother.
Simple Present Passive: 'makes' → 'is made'. Biryani is singular, so 'is' is used. This expresses a habitual fact. 'My mother' becomes 'by my mother'. The adjective 'delicious' stays with the noun in the passive sentence.
Change to Passive Voice: 'The government passed a new law.'
Correct Answer: A. A new law was passed by the government.
Simple Past Passive = was/were + past participle. 'Passed' is already the past participle of 'pass'. 'A new law' (singular object) → passive subject with 'was'. 'The government' → 'by the government'. This is a classic Simple Past to Passive conversion.
Change to Passive Voice: 'Nobody can do this work.'
Correct Answer: A. This work cannot be done.
When the subject is 'nobody', the passive omits the agent and uses negative. 'Nobody can do' → 'cannot be done'. Modal 'can' remains. 'Nobody' signals impossibility, which becomes 'cannot' in passive. 'By nobody' is not used — instead, the modal is negated.
Change to Passive Voice: 'She loves him deeply.'
Correct Answer: A. He is deeply loved by her.
Simple Present Passive = is/am/are + past participle. 'Loves' → 'is loved'. The adverb 'deeply' is placed before 'loved' or after 'loved' — both are acceptable, but 'is deeply loved' is more natural. 'She' becomes 'by her'. 'Him' → 'He' as subject.