In the questions below the sentences have been given in Active/Passive voice. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Passive/Active voice.
The boys are playing cricket.
Answer: C
Correct answer: Cricket is being played by the boys.
The present continuous are playing becomes is being played, singular to agree with cricket. Is played drops the continuous, and the perfect options make the game complete.
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Ram drew a circle in the morning.
Answer: B
Correct answer: A circle was drawn by Ram in the morning.
Drew is past simple, so the passive is was drawn. The perfect options tie the drawing to the present, which in the morning rules out, and the first option is still active.
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They will demolish the entire block.
Answer: D
Correct answer: The entire block will be demolished by them.
The future will demolish becomes will be demolished. The continuous option makes it already under way, may turns a plan into a possibility, and will have to be adds an obligation the original does not state.
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The thief destroyed several items in the room. Even the carpet has been torn
Answer: B
Correct answer: Several items in the room were destroyed by the thief. Even the carpet has been torn.
Only the first sentence is active and needs converting: destroyed becomes were destroyed, plural to agree with several items. The second sentence is already passive and stays as it is.
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We must respect the elders.
Answer: B
Correct answer: The elders must be respected by us.
The modal must takes be + participle, and the agent we becomes by us. The first option replaces the obligation with a statement about what the elders deserve, and the last turns the verb into a gerund.
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We have warned you.
Answer: A
The sentence is of the present perfect form ‘ has/have + past participle form of the verb’. Its conversion will be like ‘has/have + been + past participle form of the verb’. Only option (c) matches to the conversion structure, hence it is the correct answer
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Has anybody answered his question?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Has his question been answered?
Anybody is an indefinite subject and disappears in the passive. The present perfect gives has been answered, and the question order puts has first.
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The seller lowered the prices.
Answer: B
Correct answer: The prices were lowered by the seller.
Lowered is past simple, so the passive is were lowered, plural to agree with the prices. The first option reverses the roles, and the last has no auxiliary at all.
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Change into passive voice: The chef prepared a delicious meal.
Answer: D
Correct answer: A delicious meal was prepared by the chef.
The active verb is in the simple past, so the passive takes was or were with the past participle. The object of the active sentence becomes the subject, and the original subject follows “by”.
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This surface feels smooth.
Answer: A
Correct answer: This surface is smooth when it is felt
Feels smooth is the middle voice: the surface is not doing the feeling, and it is not being felt in the sentence either - it simply is smooth to the touch. The passive therefore has to unpack the sense into two clauses. Is felt smooth would mean somebody feels it and finds it so, which is not what the original says.
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