1. Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
You should have kept us informed about the progress of the investigation.
a) We should be kept informed about the progress of the investigation by you.
b) We should have been kept informed about the progress of the investigation by you.
c) We should have been keeping informed about the progress of the investigation by you.
d) We should have kept informed about the progress of the investigation by you.
2. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
It was believed that the secret formula had been stolen by a rival company.
a) A rival company believed that the secret formula had been stolen.
b) People believed that a rival company had stolen the secret formula.
c) The secret formula was stolen by a rival company.
d) A rival company stole the secret formula, it was believed.
3. Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
The government will be implementing the new environmental regulations next month.
a) The new environmental regulations will be implemented by the government next month.
b) The new environmental regulations will be being implemented by the government next month.
c) The new environmental regulations are being implemented by the government next month.
d) The new environmental regulations will have been implemented by the government next month.
4. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
Why was the window broken by the child?
a) Why did the child break the window?
b) The child broke the window why?
c) Why the child broke the window?
d) Why has the child broken the window?
5. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
His success is said to have been a result of his relentless determination.
a) People say that his success has been a result of his relentless determination.
b) People said that his success was a result of his relentless determination.
c) They are saying his success was a result of his relentless determination.
d) His relentless determination caused his success, it is said.
6. Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
You cannot allow such an egregious error in the official report to go unnoticed.
a) Such an egregious error in the official report cannot be allowed to go unnoticed by you.
b) Such an egregious error in the official report cannot be allowed to be unnoticed by you.
c) It cannot be allowed by you that such an egregious error in the official report goes unnoticed.
d) Such an egregious error in the official report must not be allowed to go unnoticed by you.
7. Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
My grandmother tells us stories.
a) We are told stories by my grandmother.
b) We were told stories by my grandmother.
c) We have been told stories by my grandmother.
d) Stories are told to us by my grandmother.
8. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
The prize was not won by any participant.
a) No participant won the prize.
b) Any participant did not win the prize.
c) The prize was not won by any participant.
d) No participant has won the prize.
9. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
The company’s decision was made known to the public through a press release.
a) A press release made the company’s decision known to the public.
b) The public was made known to the company’s decision.
c) The company made its decision known to the public through a press release.
d) A press release was used to make the company’s decision known.
10. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
It has been being debated for months whether the new law will be enacted or not.
a) They have been debating for months whether the new law will be enacted or not.
b) The new law will be enacted or not, which they have been debating for months.
c) Whether the new law will be enacted or not has been debated for months.
d) They have been being debated for months whether the new law will be enacted or not.
11. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
The board was made to reconsider the proposal after a strong shareholder backlash.
a) The board reconsidered the proposal after a strong shareholder backlash.
b) A strong shareholder backlash made the board reconsider the proposal.
c) A strong shareholder backlash was made to reconsider the proposal.
d) After a strong shareholder backlash, the board was forced to reconsider the proposal.
12. Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
The children will have played the game by sunset.
a) The game will have being played by the children by sunset.
b) The game would have been played by the children by sunset.
c) The game will be played by the children by sunset.
d) The game will have been played by the children by sunset.
13. Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
The jury, after a long deliberation, has finally reached a verdict in the high-profile case.
a) A verdict in the high-profile case has finally been reached by the jury after a long deliberation.
b) A verdict in the high-profile case was finally reached by the jury after a long deliberation.
c) A verdict in the high-profile case had been finally reached by the jury after a long deliberation.
d) A verdict in the high-profile case is discovered by the jury after a long deliberation.
14. Select the correct passive voice:
Cut the blue wire all at once; otherwise, you have to throw the entire thing out of the house with your maximum strength.
a) Let the blue wire be cut all at once; otherwise, the entire thing has to throw out of the house with your maximum strength.
b) Let the blue wire cut all at once; otherwise, the entire thing has to be thrown out of the house by you with your maximum strength.
c) Let the blue wire be cut all at once; otherwise, the entire thing has to be thrown out of the house by you with your maximum strength.
d) Let the blue wire be cut at once; otherwise, the entire thing has to be thrown out with your maximum strength of the house by you.
15. Choose the most appropriate Active Voice:
The students were made to rewrite the entire assignment.
a) The teacher made the students rewrite the entire assignment.
b) The teacher makes the students rewrite the entire assignment.
c) The teacher is making the students rewrite the entire assignment.
d) The teacher has made the students rewrite the entire assignment.
16. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
The report, which should have been submitted by the deadline, was delayed due to unforeseen circumstances.
a) The report, which should have submitted by the deadline, was delayed due to unforeseen circumstances.
b) They should have submitted the report by the deadline, but it was delayed due to unforeseen circumstances.
c) Due to unforeseen circumstances, the report was delayed, which should have been submitted by the deadline.
d) They should have submitted the report by the deadline, but unforeseen circumstances delayed it.
17. Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
Had the meticulous investigators examined all the critical evidence before they closed the case?
a) Was all the critical evidence examined by the meticulous investigators before they closed the case?
b) Had all the critical evidence been examined by the meticulous investigators before they closed the case?
c) Has all the critical evidence been examined by the meticulous investigators before they closed the case?
d) Had all the critical evidence examined by the meticulous investigators before they closed the case?
18. Select the correct passive voice:
The shopkeeper must have misguided the customers to purchase the faulty watches.
a) The customers must be misguided by the shopkeeper to purchase the faulty watches.
b) The customers must have been misguided by the shopkeeper to purchase the faulty watches.
c) The customers must have been misguided by the shopkeeper to have purchased the faulty watches.
d) The customers must have been misguided by the shopkeeper to be purchasing the faulty watches.
19. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
The school building was constructed in 1980.
a) The school building had been constructed in 1980.
b) Someone constructed the school building in 1980.
c) The school building constructs in 1980.
d) Someone is constructing the school building in 1980.
20. Select the correct passive voice:
The strong current of the river broke through the wall of the earthen dam within no time.
a) The wall of the earthen dam was broken within no time by the strong current of the river.
b) The wall of the earthen dam was broken through within no time by the strong current of the river.
c) The wall of the earthen dam had broken through within no time by the strong current of the river.
d) The wall of the earthen dam had been broken through within no time by the strong current of the river.
21. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
Had the restoration work been being done on the antique cabinet for months before you arrived?
a) Had they been doing the restoration work on the antique cabinet for months before you arrived?
b) They had been doing the restoration work on the antique cabinet for months before you arrived?
c) Had the antique cabinet been doing the restoration work for months before you arrived?
d) Were they doing the restoration work on the antique cabinet for months before you arrived?
22. Choose the correct passive voice transformation:
Someone has left the door open.
a) The door has been left open.
b) The door was left open.
c) The door is left open.
d) The door had been left open.
23. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
The suspect was believed to have been seen near the crime scene.
a) Someone believed that the suspect was seen near the crime scene.
b) They believed someone had seen the suspect near the crime scene.
c) The suspect was seen near the crime scene, it was believed.
d) People believed that someone had seen the suspect near the crime scene.
24. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
Why had the highly sensitive company report been rejected by the board of directors?
a) Why had the board of directors rejected the highly sensitive company report?
b) Why the board of directors had rejected the highly sensitive company report?
c) The board of directors had rejected the highly sensitive company report, why?
d) Why did the board of directors reject the highly sensitive company report?
25. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
The report is expected to be delivered by the committee next week.
a) The committee is expecting to deliver the report next week.
b) The committee is expected to deliver the report next week.
c) The committee expects to deliver the report next week.
d) The committee will deliver the report next week.
26. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
The old castle was believed to have been built by a legendary king.
a) A legendary king built the old castle, it was believed.
b) People believed that a legendary king had built the old castle.
c) The old castle had been built by a legendary king, it was believed.
d) A legendary king was believed to have built the old castle.
27. Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
He claimed to have seen a rare species of bird during his expedition to the Amazon rainforest.
a) It was claimed by him that he had seen a rare species of bird during his expedition to the Amazon rainforest.
b) A rare species of bird was claimed to have been seen by him during his expedition to the Amazon rainforest.
c) A rare species of bird was seen by him during his expedition, it was claimed.
d) He claimed that a rare species of bird was seen by him during his expedition.
28. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
The ancient manuscript has to be handled with extreme care.
a) Extreme care has to handle the ancient manuscript.
b) The ancient manuscript is handled with extreme care.
c) They have to handle the ancient manuscript with extreme care.
d) They must handle the ancient manuscript with extreme care.
29. Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
We are supposed to submit the final report to the department head by the end of the week.
a) The final report is supposed to be submitted to the department head by the end of the week by us.
b) The final report is to be submitted to the department head by the end of the week by us.
c) The final report was supposed to be submitted to the department head by the end of the week.
d) We were supposed to submit the final report to the department head by the end of the week.
30. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
It has been determined that the ancient artifact is authentic.
a) The ancient artifact is authentic.
b) Experts have determined that the ancient artifact is authentic.
c) It was determined that the ancient artifact is authentic.
d) The authenticity of the ancient artifact has been determined.
31. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
Let no stone be left unturned in the search for the missing documents.
a) Don’t leave a stone unturned in the search for the missing documents.
b) No stone should be left unturned in the search for the missing documents.
c) Leave no stone unturned in the search for the missing documents.
d) Leave every stone unturned in the search for the missing documents.
32. Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
The government is to launch an extensive investigation into the alleged financial irregularities.
a) An extensive investigation is to be launched into the alleged financial irregularities by the government.
b) The alleged financial irregularities are to be extensively investigated by the government.
c) An extensive investigation will be launched into the alleged financial irregularities by the government.
d) It is intended by the government to launch an extensive investigation into the alleged financial irregularities.
33. Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
Did the renowned author finally release the highly anticipated sequel to his award-winning novel?
a) Was the highly anticipated sequel to his award-winning novel finally released by the renowned author?
b) Has the highly anticipated sequel to his award-winning novel been finally released by the renowned author?
c) Was the highly anticipated sequel to his award-winning novel been released by the renowned author?
d) Did the highly anticipated sequel to his award-winning novel be released by the renowned author?
34. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
The students were made to write a detailed summary of the complex text.
a) They made the students write a detailed summary of the complex text.
b) The students wrote a detailed summary of the complex text.
c) They made the students to write a detailed summary of the complex text.
d) The students were made that they should write a detailed summary.
35. Select the correct passive voice:
Make sure that your children have completed their tasks before going to school.
a) Let it be made sure that their tasks have been completed by your children before going to school.
b) Made sure that their tasks have been complete by your children before going to school.
c) Let it be sure that their tasks have been completed by your children before going to school.
d) Let it be made sure that your tasks have been completed by your children after going to school.
36. Select the correct passive voice:
Suhani has written a beautiful poem on how to make your country proud.
a) A beautiful poem on how to to be made your country proud has been written by Suhani.
b) A beautiful poem on how your country to be made proud had been written by Suhani.
c) A beautiful poem on how to make your country proud has been written by Suhani.
d) A beautiful poem on how to make your country proud of been written by Suhani.
37. Select the correct passive voice:
Always keep in mind that truth pervades the whole universe.
a) Let always be kept in mind that the whole universe is pervaded by truth.
b) Let it always kept in mind that the whole universe is pervaded by truth.
c) Let it always be kept in mind that the whole universe pervaded truth.
d) Let it always be kept in mind that the whole universe is pervaded by truth.
38. Select the correct passive voice:
Do not put your hand over the stove lest you should burn your fingers.
a) Let your hand be not put over the stove lest your fingers should be burnt.
b) Lest your hand be not put over the stove let your fingers should be burnt.
c) Let your hand not put over the stove lest your fingers should be burnt.
d) Let your hand be not put over the stove lest your fingers should burn.
39. Select the correct passive voice:
Let him cover the car with that pink cloth lying on the table.
a) Let the cloth be covered with by him the car with that pink cloth lying on the table.
b) Let the car covered by him with that pink cloth be lying on the table.
c) Let the car be covered with that pink cloth by him lying on the table.
d) Let the car be covered by him with that pink cloth lying on the table.
40. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
The award will be given to the winner.
a) They will give the award to the winner.
b) The winner will be given the award.
c) The award is given to the winner.
d) The award is given to the winner.
41. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
The presentation has been given.
a) The presentation was given.
b) They had given the presentation.
c) Someone has given the presentation.
d) Someone gives the presentation.
42. Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
The new environmental policy will be implemented by the government with immediate effect.
a) The government will implement the new environmental policy with immediate effect.
b) The government will have implemented the new environmental policy with immediate effect.
c) The government has implemented the new environmental policy with immediate effect.
d) The government is implementing the new environmental policy with immediate effect.
43. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
It was being said that the new policy would be a disaster.
a) The new policy would be a disaster.
b) The news said the new policy would be a disaster.
c) People were saying that the new policy would be a disaster.
d) Someone has said that the new policy was a disaster.
44. Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
The diligent team of researchers, who had been analyzing the data for months, finally published their findings.
a) Their findings were finally published by the diligent team of researchers, who had been analyzing the data for months.
b) Their findings had been finally published by the diligent team of researchers, who had been analyzing the data for months.
c) Their findings have been finally published by the diligent team of researchers, who had been analyzing the data for months.
d) The diligent team of researchers was finally published by their findings.
45. Choose the most appropriate Active Voice:
The ancient ruins are being preserved by the archaeologists.
a) The archaeologists preserve the ancient ruins.
b) The archaeologists are preserving the ancient ruins.
c) The archaeologists were preserving the ancient ruins.
d) The archaeologists have preserved the ancient ruins.
46. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
It had been decided that the final exam would not be graded on a curve this semester.
a) They had decided that the final exam would not be graded on a curve this semester.
b) The final exam would not be graded on a curve this semester, it had been decided.
c) They have decided that the final exam would not be graded on a curve this semester.
d) The final exam was decided not to be graded on a curve this semester.
47. Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence:
Who did you suspect was responsible for leaking the confidential information to the press?
a) Who was suspected by you of being responsible for leaking the confidential information to the press?
b) By whom was it suspected that the confidential information had been leaked to the press?
c) Who do you suspect was responsible for the confidential information being leaked to the press?
d) By whom was the confidential information suspected to have been leaked to the press?
48. Select the correct passive voice:
The students were imitating the way of the description by the teacher.
a) The way of the description by the teacher was imitated by the students.
b) The way of the description by the teacher were being imitated by the students.
c) The way of the description by the teacher had been imitated by the students.
d) The way of the description by the teacher was being imitated by the students.
49. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
Let the emergency meeting be convened at 10 AM without delay.
a) Convene the emergency meeting at 10 AM without delay.
b) The emergency meeting should be convened at 10 AM without delay.
c) They will convene the emergency meeting at 10 AM without delay.
d) An emergency meeting is convened at 10 AM without delay.
50. Change the following sentence into the Active form:
The final decision has been approved by the senior management.
a) The senior management has approved the final decision.
b) The final decision approved the senior management.
c) The senior management is approving the final decision.
d) The final decision was approved by the senior management.
| 1. B | 11. B | 21. A | 31. C | 41. C |
| 2. B | 12. D | 22. A | 32. A | 42. A |
| 3. B | 13. A | 23. B | 33. A | 43. C |
| 4. A | 14. C | 24. A | 34. A | 44. A |
| 5. A | 15. A | 25. C | 35. A | 45. B |
| 6. A | 16. D | 26. B | 36. C | 46. A |
| 7. A | 17. B | 27. B | 37. D | 47. A |
| 8. A | 18. B | 28. C | 38. A | 48. D |
| 9. C | 19. B | 29. A | 39. D | 49. A |
| 10. A | 20. B | 30. B | 40. A | 50. A |
