Active & Passive Voice — Set 8
Questions 71–80 of 140
Change to Passive Voice: 'He cannot lift this weight.'
Correct Answer: C. This weight cannot be lifted by him.
Negative Modal Passive = modal + not + be + past participle. 'Cannot lift' → 'cannot be lifted'. 'Cannot' = can + not, so 'not' is already embedded. 'Lift' → 'lifted'. 'He' → 'by him'. 'This weight' becomes the passive subject.
Change to Passive Voice: 'She would not accept such an offer.'
Correct Answer: C. Such an offer would not be accepted by her.
Negative Modal Passive = modal + not + be + past participle. 'Would not accept' → 'would not be accepted'. 'Accept' → 'accepted'. Modal 'would' stays unchanged. 'She' → 'by her'. 'Such an offer' (object) becomes the passive subject.
Change to Passive Voice: 'The principal may announce the results today.'
Correct Answer: A. The results may be announced by the principal today.
Modal Passive = modal + be + past participle. 'May announce' → 'may be announced'. 'Announce' → 'announced'. 'Today' (time adverb) is retained. 'By the principal' is the agent. 'The results' (plural) is the passive subject. Keep the modal exactly as in the active.
Change to Passive Voice: 'We must complete the task on time.'
Correct Answer: C. The task must be completed on time by us.
Modal Passive = modal + be + past participle. 'Must complete' → 'must be completed'. 'Complete' → 'completed' (past participle). 'On time' is a prepositional phrase retained in passive. 'We' → 'by us'. The modal 'must' expresses strong obligation.
Change to Passive Voice: 'She might have left the keys at home.'
Correct Answer: A. The keys might have been left at home by her.
Modal Perfect Passive = modal + have + been + past participle. 'Might have left' → 'might have been left'. 'Left' is already the past participle of 'leave'. 'At home' (location) is retained. 'She' → 'by her'. This expresses past possibility with a modal.
Change to Passive Voice: 'Open the door.'
Correct Answer: B. Let the door be opened.
Imperative sentence passive = Let + object + be + past participle. Active: 'Open the door' → Passive: 'Let the door be opened.' The command form uses 'Let...be + past participle'. 'Open' → 'opened'. This is the standard way to convert positive imperative to passive.
Change to Passive Voice: 'Do not touch the glass.'
Correct Answer: C. Let the glass not be touched.
Negative Imperative passive = Let + object + not + be + past participle. 'Do not touch the glass' → 'Let the glass not be touched.' 'Not' is placed after the passive subject. This maintains the prohibitive sense of the original negative command.
Change to Passive Voice: 'Please help the poor.'
Correct Answer: B. Let the poor be helped.
Imperative Passive (with 'please'): 'please' is dropped in passive. 'Help the poor' → 'Let the poor be helped.' The standard passive of positive imperative = Let + object + be + past participle. 'Please' is not carried over.
Change to Passive Voice: 'Shut the windows before leaving.'
Correct Answer: A. Let the windows be shut before leaving.
Imperative Passive = Let + object + be + past participle. 'Shut the windows' → 'Let the windows be shut.' Adverbial phrase 'before leaving' is retained. 'Shut' is its own past participle. 'Be' must be included before the past participle in the passive.
Change to Passive Voice: 'Never tell a lie.'
Correct Answer: A. Let a lie never be told.
Negative Imperative Passive: 'Never tell a lie' → 'Let a lie never be told.' 'Never' is placed between the passive subject and 'be'. Do not place 'never' after 'be' (option D is incorrect word order). Standard form: Let + object + never + be + past participle.