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.
We hope that we shall win the match.
Answer: B
Correct answer: It is hoped that the match will be won by us
Hope takes a clause, so the passive needs the anticipatory it and a that clause; the inner verb then goes passive too. The option turning the whole thing into the match is hoped to be won loses the clause construction.
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I saw him leaving the house.
Answer: C
Correct answer: He was seen leaving the house by me.
The object him becomes the subject, and the participle leaving is untouched. To be leaving replaces the participle with an infinitive, and fronting leaving the house detaches it from the person it describes.
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My uncle promised me a present.
Answer: C
Correct answer: I was promised a present by my uncle.
Promise takes two objects and English prefers the person as the passive subject, so me becomes I. The past simple gives was promised, and the time phrase and agent follow. The past perfect option changes when the promise was made.
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The Romans expected to conquer Carthage.
Answer: D
Correct answer: It was expected by the Romans that they would conquer Carthage
Expect here is followed by an infinitive whose subject is the same as the main subject, so the passive needs the anticipatory it and a that clause. Making Carthage the subject changes who was expecting whom, and the Romans were expected reverses it entirely.
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Open the door.
Answer: D
Correct answer: Let the door be opened.
An imperative goes passive as let + object + be + participle. Must turns a command into an obligation, will into a prediction, and is opened into a statement of fact.
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I did not trust anybody.
Answer: A
Correct answer: Nobody was trusted by me.
The negative moves into the new subject: did not trust anybody becomes nobody was trusted. Keeping anybody with a positive verb reverses the meaning, and the perfect and conditional options change the tense.
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Did he remember the date and time?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Were the date and time remembered by him?
The date and time is a compound subject and takes a plural verb, so the passive is were remembered. The auxiliary did is absorbed into were, and the question order is kept.
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The boys were digging a hole in the ground.
Answer: D
Correct answer: A hole was being dug by the boys in the ground.
The past continuous were digging becomes was being dug, singular to agree with a hole. The perfect options make the digging complete, which the original does not.
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We must now deal with these problems.
Answer: A
Correct answer: These problems must be dealt with by us.
Deal with is a prepositional verb, so with stays attached to the participle. The modal must takes be + participle; must now deal with is still active.
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The audience loudly cheered the leader's speech.
Answer: A
Correct answer: The leader's speech was loudly cheered by the audience.
Cheered is past simple, so the passive is was cheered, and the adverb loudly keeps its place before the participle. The third option changes what was cheered from the speech to the leader.
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