Active to Passive Transformation Quiz

B2 Level ESL Quiz

This quiz tests your ability to transform sentences between active and passive voice.

Read each scenario and choose the correct transformation!

Question 1

Scenario:

Yesterday, the police arrested the thief.

a) The thief arrested the police yesterday.

b) The thief was arrested by the police yesterday.

c) The thief has arrested yesterday.

Correct Answer: b) The thief was arrested by the police yesterday.

Active to passive: The object (the thief) becomes the subject. Past simple passive: was arrested.

Question 2

Scenario:

A new park opened in the city last week.

a) They opened a new park in the city last week.

b) A new park is opening in the city last week.

c) A new park was open in the city last week.

Correct Answer: a) They opened a new park in the city last week.

Passive to active: Add a general subject "they" and use active verb "opened".

Question 3

Scenario:

Someone stole Maria's car last night.

a) Maria's car was stolen last night.

b) Maria's car has stole last night.

c) Maria's car stole last night.

Correct Answer: a) Maria's car was stolen last night.

Active to passive: The object (Maria's car) becomes subject. Agent "someone" is omitted (unknown). Use: was stolen.

Question 4

Scenario:

A famous artist painted this mural in 2015.

a) This mural painted by a famous artist in 2015.

b) A famous artist was painted this mural in 2015.

c) This mural was painted by a famous artist in 2015.

Correct Answer: c) This mural was painted by a famous artist in 2015.

Active to passive: The object (this mural) becomes subject. Include agent "by a famous artist". Use: was painted.

Question 5

Scenario:

The secretary didn't send the emails.

a) The emails weren't sent by the secretary.

b) The emails didn't send by the secretary.

c) The secretary wasn't sent the emails.

Correct Answer: a) The emails weren't sent by the secretary.

Negative active to passive: Use weren't + past participle. "Didn't" is not used in passive voice.

Question 6

Scenario:

The company will announce the results tomorrow.

a) The results will announce tomorrow.

b) The results will be announced tomorrow.

c) The results were announced tomorrow.

Correct Answer: b) The results will be announced tomorrow.

Future active to passive: Use will be + past participle. Must include "be" after "will".

Question 7

Scenario:

Someone is repairing the road this week.

a) The road is being repaired this week.

b) The road repaired this week.

c) The road is repairing this week.

Correct Answer: a) The road is being repaired this week.

Present continuous active to passive: Use is being + past participle for actions in progress.

Question 8

Scenario:

People speak English in many countries.

a) English speaks in many countries.

b) English is spoken in many countries.

c) English was spoken in many countries.

Correct Answer: b) English is spoken in many countries.

Present simple active to passive: Use is/are + past participle. Agent "people" is omitted (obvious/general).

Question 9

Scenario:

They are cleaning the office now.

a) The office is cleaned now.

b) The office is being cleaned now.

c) The office cleans now.

Correct Answer: b) The office is being cleaned now.

Present continuous active to passive: Use is being + past participle. "Now" indicates action in progress.

Question 10

Scenario:

The manager explained the plan very clearly.

a) The plan explained very clearly by the manager.

b) The plan was explained very clearly by the manager.

c) The manager was explained the plan very clearly.

Correct Answer: b) The plan was explained very clearly by the manager.

Active to passive: The object (the plan) becomes subject. Must include "was" before past participle. Adverb stays in same position.

Review the explanations above to understand voice transformations better.