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.
Do you write poetry these days?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Is poetry written by you these days?
Poetry is an uncountable noun and takes a singular verb, so the passive is is written, not are written. The perfect options also change the tense of a present habit.
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Why does he not discuss things with his colleagues these days?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Why are things not discussed with his colleagues by him these days?
The present simple becomes are not discussed, and because the sentence is a question the auxiliary comes before the subject. The option putting things first keeps the statement order.
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Why do you not play cricket?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Why is cricket not played by you?
Cricket is singular, so the passive is is not played, and the question order puts is before the subject. Can introduces an ability the original does not mention, and the continuous changes a habit into something in progress.
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I am examining the patient.
Answer: A
Correct answer: The patient is being examined by me.
The present continuous am examining becomes is being examined, singular to agree with the patient. The future and perfect options move the action out of the present moment.
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Why have they not paid for the tickets?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Why have the tickets not been paid for by them?
Pay for is a prepositional verb, so for stays with the participle. The present perfect gives have not been paid for, and the question order puts have first.
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I called them.
Answer: A
Correct answer: They were called by me.
Called is past simple, so the passive is were called. The three perfect options all shift the action away from the plain past, and has been also fails to agree with they.
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You did not like him.
Answer: B
Correct answer: He was not liked by you.
The past simple negative did not like becomes was not liked; the auxiliary did is absorbed into was. The future and perfect options change the tense.
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Did they see the movie?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Was the movie seen by them?
The past simple question did they see becomes was the movie seen, with did absorbed into was and the question order kept. The perfect and future options change the tense.
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She was pressurizing them.
Answer: A
Correct answer: They were being pressurized by her.
The past continuous was pressurizing becomes were being pressurized. The past perfect makes it complete, the future moves it forward, and the present drops the past altogether.
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Open your work book at page twelve.
Answer: D
Correct answer: Let your work book be opened at page twelve
An imperative goes passive as let + object + be + participle. Can and may turn a command into a permission, and the first option is still active.
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