Active and Passive Voice — Practice

Question 1

Change to passive: 'She writes a letter.'
(a) A letter is written by her (b) A letter was written by her (c) A letter is being written by her (d) A letter has written by her

Accepted Answer

(a) A letter is written by her.

Present simple → is/am/are + V3.

Question 2

Change to passive: 'He ate an apple.'
(a) An apple is eaten by him (b) An apple was eaten by him (c) An apple was ate by him (d) An apple has been eaten by him

Accepted Answer

(b) An apple was eaten by him.

Past simple → was/were + V3 (eaten).

Question 3

Change to passive: 'I will finish the work.'
(a) The work is finished by me (b) The work will finished by me (c) The work will be finished by me (d) The work will been finished by me

Accepted Answer

(c) The work will be finished by me.

Future simple → will be + V3.

Question 4

Change to passive: 'They have completed the project.'
(a) The project is completed by them (b) The project has completed by them (c) The project has been completed by them (d) The project was completed by them

Accepted Answer

(c) The project has been completed by them.

Present perfect → has/have been + V3.

Question 5

Change to passive: 'The chef is cooking dinner.'
(a) Dinner is cooked by the chef (b) Dinner is being cooked by the chef (c) Dinner was being cooked by the chef (d) Dinner has been cooked by the chef

Accepted Answer

(b) Dinner is being cooked by the chef.

Present continuous → is/am/are being + V3.

Question 6

Change to passive: 'You must obey the rules.'
(a) The rules must obeyed (b) The rules are obeyed (c) The rules must be obeyed (d) The rules must been obeyed

Accepted Answer

(c) The rules must be obeyed.

Modal → modal + be + V3.

Question 7

Change to passive: 'Open the window.'
(a) The window is opened (b) Let the window be opened (c) The window was opened (d) You open the window

Accepted Answer

(b) Let the window be opened.

Imperatives take the 'Let ... be + V3' form.

Question 8

Change to active: 'The song was sung by her.'
(a) She sings the song (b) She sang the song (c) She has sung the song (d) She was singing the song

Accepted Answer

(b) She sang the song.

The agent 'her' becomes the subject 'she'; past-tense passive returns to past simple active (sang).

Question 9

Change to passive: 'Did he break the glass?'
(a) Was the glass broken by him? (b) Is the glass broken by him? (c) Has the glass broken by him? (d) Was the glass break by him?

Accepted Answer

(a) Was the glass broken by him?

Past-simple question → 'Was + object + V3 + by agent?'

Practice — Active and Passive Voice

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