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Knowledge Base – Active & Passive Voice

Multiple Choice · B2 Level

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Question 1

Question:

Which structure is correct for the passive voice?

a) Subject + verb + object

b) Subject + be + past participle

c) Subject + do + base verb

Correct Answer: b) Subject + be + past participle.

Passive voice uses the auxiliary be + past participle (e.g., is made, was written).

Question 2

Question:

Which of the following sentences is passive?

a) The teacher explained the rules.

b) The rules were explained by the teacher.

c) The teacher was explaining the rules.

Correct Answer: b) The rules were explained by the teacher.

Passive form: be + past participle, optional agent introduced by by.

Question 3

Question:

Which sentence is not possible in the passive voice?

a) An accident happened yesterday.

b) The thief was arrested yesterday.

c) The book was written in 1997.

Correct Answer: a) An accident happened yesterday.

Intransitive verbs like happen have no object, so a passive is not formed.

Question 4

Question:

Why do we use the passive voice?

a) To avoid repeating the subject when it’s obvious or unimportant.

b) To always make sentences shorter.

c) To focus on the person who does the action.

Correct Answer: a) To avoid repeating the subject when it’s obvious or unimportant.

Passive focuses on the action or receiver when the agent is unknown/irrelevant.

Question 5

Question:

What is the passive form of They will deliver the package tomorrow?

a) The package will deliver tomorrow.

b) The package will be delivered tomorrow.

c) The package delivered tomorrow.

Correct Answer: b) The package will be delivered tomorrow.

Future passive: will be + past participle.

Question 6

Question:

Which of these is an example of the get passive?

a) He was promoted last week.

b) He got promoted last week.

c) He promoted last week.

Correct Answer: b) He got promoted last week.

Get passive uses get + past participle, often in informal speech.

Question 7

Question:

Which of these uses the wrong participle in the passive voice?

a) The project was completed on time.

b) The house was build in 2010.

c) The meeting was organized yesterday.

Correct Answer: b) The house was build in 2010.

The past participle of build is built, so the correct passive is “was built”.

Question 8

Question:

What happens to the object of an active sentence in the passive voice?

a) It stays in the same place.

b) It becomes the subject of the sentence.

c) It is always omitted.

Correct Answer: b) It becomes the subject of the sentence.

In passive transformation, the active object moves to subject position.

Question 9

Question:

Which passive sentence is in the present perfect?

a) The report was written yesterday.

b) The report has been written.

c) The report is being written.

Correct Answer: b) The report has been written.

Present perfect passive: has/have been + past participle.

Question 10

Question:

Which active sentence matches the passive The road is being repaired right now?

a) They repaired the road right now.

b) They are repairing the road right now.

c) They repair the road right now.

Correct Answer: b) They are repairing the road right now.

Present continuous active ↔ passive: is being repaired ⇄ are repairing.

Review the explanations above to understand voice transformations better.