Active & Passive Voice — Set 9
Questions 81–90 of 140
Change to Passive Voice: 'Did she write the letter?'
Correct Answer: A. Was the letter written by her?
Interrogative Simple Past Passive = Was/Were + subject + past participle + by + agent? 'Did she write' → 'Was the letter written by her?' The auxiliary 'did' indicates Simple Past; passive uses 'was/were'. 'Letter' (singular) → 'Was'. Question mark is retained.
Change to Passive Voice: 'Do they play football here?'
Correct Answer: A. Is football played here?
Interrogative Simple Present Passive = Is/Am/Are + subject + past participle? 'Do they play' → 'Is football played?' 'They' (general subject) → 'by them' is omitted. 'Football' (singular) → 'Is'. Location 'here' is retained. Simple Present interrogative passive uses 'is/am/are'.
Change to Passive Voice: 'Who wrote this book?'
Correct Answer: A. By whom was this book written?
When 'who' (subject of active) is converted to passive, it becomes 'By whom' at the beginning. 'Who wrote this book?' → 'By whom was this book written?' The auxiliary 'was' is used (Simple Past). The structure: By whom + was/were + subject + past participle?
Change to Passive Voice: 'Why did the committee reject his application?'
Correct Answer: A. Why was his application rejected by the committee?
Interrogative WH-word passive retains the WH-word at the beginning. 'Why did the committee reject' → 'Why was his application rejected by the committee?' Simple Past interrogative → 'was + past participle'. Question structure: Why + was + subject + past participle + by agent?
Change to Passive Voice: 'Who will deliver the speech?'
Correct Answer: A. By whom will the speech be delivered?
Future passive with 'who' as subject: 'Who will deliver' → 'By whom will the speech be delivered?' 'By whom' starts the question. Inverted structure: By whom + will + subject + be + past participle? 'Deliver' → 'delivered'. 'Will be' shows Future Passive.
Change to Passive Voice: 'What did he say?'
Correct Answer: A. What was said by him?
Interrogative WH-passive: 'What' (object of active) becomes the subject of passive. 'Did he say' → Simple Past → 'was said'. Full passive: 'What was said by him?' The WH-word 'what' becomes the passive subject and stays at the front. 'He' → 'by him'.
Change to Passive Voice: 'Please keep the room clean.'
Correct Answer: A. Let the room be kept clean.
Imperative Passive = Let + object + be + past participle + complement. 'Keep the room clean' → 'Let the room be kept clean.' The adjective complement 'clean' is retained after 'kept'. 'Please' is dropped. 'Keep' → 'kept' (past participle).
Change to Passive Voice: 'Send him away immediately.'
Correct Answer: A. Let him be sent away immediately.
Imperative Passive = Let + object + be + past participle + adverb. 'Send him away' → 'Let him be sent away.' 'Him' stays as 'him' (not 'he') as it is the object of 'let'. 'Immediately' is retained. 'Send' → 'sent' (past participle).
Change to Passive Voice: 'Has he repaired the bicycle?'
Correct Answer: C. Has the bicycle been repaired by him?
Present Perfect Interrogative Passive = Has/Have + subject + been + past participle? 'Has he repaired' → 'Has the bicycle been repaired by him?' 'Bicycle' (singular) → 'Has'. 'Be' becomes 'been' in Perfect tense. Passive marker 'been' is mandatory.
Change to Passive Voice: 'Can you reach the top shelf?'
Correct Answer: B. Can the top shelf be reached by you?
Interrogative Modal Passive = Can/Could + subject + be + past participle? 'Can you reach' → 'Can the top shelf be reached by you?' The modal 'can' stays at the beginning (inverted). 'Reach' → 'reached'. 'You' → 'by you'. 'The top shelf' becomes the passive subject.