Voice change exercise with answer
Assertive Sentence Voice Change
1. Active: I play badminton.
Passive: Badminton is played by me.
Passive: Badminton is played by me.
2. Active: I am playing badminton.
Passive: Badminton is being played by me.
Passive: Badminton is being played by me.
3. Active: He has eaten rice.
Passive: Rice has been eaten by him.
Passive: Rice has been eaten by him.
4. Active: He ate rice.
Passive: Rice was eaten by him.
Passive: Rice was eaten by him.
5. Active:: He was eating rice.
Passive: Rice was being eaten by him.
Passive: Rice was being eaten by him.
6. Active: He had eaten rice.
Passive: Rice had been eaten by him.
Passive: Rice had been eaten by him.
7. Active: He will eat rice.
Passive: Rice will be eaten by him.
8. Active: He will be eating rice.
Passive: Rice will be being eaten by him.
Passive: Rice will be being eaten by him.
9. Active: He will have eaten rice.
Passive: Rice will have been eaten by him.
Passive: Rice will have been eaten by him.
10. Active: I may help you.
Passive: You may be helped by me.
Passive: You may be helped by me.
11. Active: You must do the work.
Passive: The work must be done by you.
Passive: The work must be done by you.
12. Active: Stella will invite Riva.
Passive: Riva will be invited by Stella.
13. Active: She writes a letter.
Passive: A letter is written by her.
14. Active: He doesn't paint the wall.
Passive: The wall isn’t painted by him.
14. Active: She flies a kite.
Passive: A kite is flown by her.
15. Active: She is flying a kite.
Passive: A kite is being flown by her.
16. Active: He has flown a kite.
Passive: A kite has been flown by her.
17. Active: He flew a kite.
Passive: A kite was flown by her.
18. Active: She was flying a kite.
Passive: A kite was being flown by her.
19. Active: She had flown a kite.
Passive: A kite had been flown by her.
20. Active: She will fly a kite.
Passive: A kite will be flown by her.
21.Active: The work will have tired her.
Passive: She will have been tired of the work.
22. Active: The postman will have delivered the letter.
Passive: The letter will have been delivered by the postman.
23. Active: The police will have caught the criminal.
Passive: The criminal will have been caught by the police.
24. Active: The painters will have painted the house.
Passive: The house will have been painted by the painters.
25. Active: I placed the proposal to him.
Passive: The proposal was placed to him by me.
26. Active: A storm has uprooted the tree.
Passive: The tree has been uprooted.
27. Active: People hate liars.
Passive: Liars are hated by people.
28. Active: We ought to respect our teachers.
Passive: Our teachers ought to be respected by us.
29. Active: I have to do it.
Passive: It has to be done by me.
30. Active: You are to colour the picture.
Passive: The picture is to be coloured by you.
31. Active: You/ One can never regain lost time.
Passive: Lost time can never be regained.
Active to Passive voice exercises
31. Active: Riva will have completed the homework.
Passive: Homework will have been completed by Riva.
32. Active: I will have seen the movie before next Sunday,
Passive: The movie will have been seen by me before next Sunday.
33. Active: The carpenter will have made the chair.
Passive: The chair will have been made by the carpenter.
34. Active: John will have polished the furniture.
Passive: The furniture will have been polished by John.
35.Active: I will have done a good job.
Passive: A good job will have been done by me.
36. Active: I will have found the locket.
Passive: The locket will have been found by us.
37.Active: They will have attended the function.
Passive: The function will have been attended by them.
38. Active: The rabbit will have eaten the carrots by now.
Passive: The tickets for the train shall have been bought by her.
39. Active: They will have sent Rina home.
Passive: Rina will have been sent home by them.
40. Active: They will have closed the shop.
Passive: The shop will have been close to them.
41. Active: Sumi will have written the letter.
Passive: The letter will have been written by Sumi.
42. Active: The judge will have passed the judgment.
Passive: The judgment will have been passed by the judge.
43. Active: He will have helped the children.
Passive: The children shall have been helped by him.
44. Active: John will have eaten the cake.
Passive: The cake will have been eaten by John.
45. Active: She had ordered the pizza.
Passive: The pizza had been ordered by her.
46.Active: She had ridden the bicycle.
Passive: The bicycle had been ridden by her.
47.Active: We should stop smoking.
Passive: Smoking should be stopped by us.
48.Active: I offered him a job.
Passive: He was offered a job by me.
49.Active: Peter offered me a seat.
Pass: I was offered a seat by Peter.
50.Active: He made me understand the matter.
Passive: I was made to understand the matter by him.
51.Active: He heard the baby cry for its food.
Passive: The baby was heard to cry for its food by him.
52. Active: He decided to leave the job.
Passive: He decided the job to be left.
Or, Pass: To leave the job was decided by him.
53.Active: He wanted to draw a picture.
Passive: He wanted a picture to be drawn.
Or, Passive: To draw a picture was wanted by him.
54.Active: I know that he did not work.
Passive: That he did not work is known to me.
Or: It is known to me that he did not work.
55.Active: He said that he was ill.
Passive: That he was ill was said by him.
Or: It was said by him that he was ill.
56.Active: I did not know where she lived.
Passive: Where she lived was not known to me. Or: It was not known to him where she lived.
57.Active: Honey tastes sweet.
Passive: Honey is tasted sweet.
Or: Honey is sweet when it is tasted.
58. Active: The bed felt hard.
Passive:The bed was felt hard.
Or: The bed was hard when it was felt.
59. Active:: Milk turns sour.
Passive: Milk is turned sour.
Or: Milk is sour when it is turned.
60. Active: He killed himself.
Passive: He was killed by himself.
61. Active: They thanked themselves.
Passive: They were thanked by themselves.
62. Active: Onions sell at high prices.
Passive: Onions are sold at high prices.
63. Active: The book is printing.
Passive: The book is being printed.
64. Active: The house is building.
Passive: The house is being built.
65. Active: Honesty is the best policy.
Passive: Honesty is called the best policy.
66. Active: He is a fool.
Passive: He is called a fool.
67. Active: The boy always helps the poor people. Passive: The poor people are always helped by the boy.
68. Active: The doctor bought a motorcycle.
Passive: A motorcycle was bought by the doctor.
69. Active: He does not help me.
Passive: I am not helped by him.
70. Active: We did not call him to play.
Passive: He was not called to play by us.
71. Active: Rimni is writing a letter for me.
Passive: A letter is being written for me by Rimni.
72. Active: We have seen a letter for me.
Passive: A tiger has been seen at the zoo.
73. Active: Susy is going to buy a private car soon A private car is going to be bought soon by susy.
74. Active: I saw him opening a box.
Passive: He was seen opening a box by me.
75. Active: I know that he did the work.
Passive: It is know to me that the work was done by him.
Or, That the work was done by him is know to me.
76. Active: He told me that he had done the work. Passive: I was told that the work had been done by him.
Or, That the work bad been done by him was told me ( by him).
77. Active: They searched his house and found a number of stolen articles.
Passive: His house was searched and a number of stolen articles were found by them.
78. Active: people say that the lion is the king of beast.
Passive: It is said that the lion is the king of beast.
Or, The lion is said to be the king of beast.
79. Active: He helped me today.
Passive: I was helped today.
Or, I was helped by him today.
Interrogative Sentence Voice Change
1. Active: Whom did you see on the road?
Passive: who was seen by you on the road?
2. Active: Whom has the principal honoured?
Passive: Who has been honoured by the principal?
3. Active: Whom has the police arrested?
Passive: Who has been arrested by the police?
4. Active: Whom have the people elected?
Passive: Who has been elected by the people?
5. Active: Whom have the selectors selected?
Passive: Who has been selected by the selectors?
6. Active: Whom has she called?
Passive: Who has been called by her?
7. Active: What do you want?
Passive: What is wanted by you?
8. Active: Where did you find him?
Passive: Where was he found by you?
9. Active: Did you play badminton?
Passive: Was badminton played by you?
10. Active: Have you eaten rice?
Passive: Has rice been eaten by you?
11. Active: Is he reading a novel?
Passive: Is a novel being read by him?
12. Active: Who can answer my question?
By whom my answer can be answered?
13. Active: How can you do this?
Passive: How can this be done by you?
14. Active: What did they pay you for doing the job?
Passive: What were you paid for doing the job by them?
15. Active: Which book have you borrowed?
Passive: Which book has been borrowed by you?
16. Active: Whom did you like?
Passive: Who was liked by you?
17. Active: Who will help you?
Passive: By whom will you be helped?
18. Active: Who gave you this book?
Passive: By whom was this book given to you?
19. Active: Who did this?
Passive: By whom was this done?
20. Active: Who broke the pencil?
Passive: By whom was the pencil broken?
21. Active: Did you take the therapy?
Passive: Was the therapy taken by you?
22. Active: Do you see the bird?
Passive: Is the bird seen by you?
Imperative sentence Voice Change
1. Active: Open the door.
Passive: Let the door be opened.
Passive: Let the door be opened.
2. Active: Do not open the door.
Passive: Let not the door be opened.
Passive: Let not the door be opened.
3. Active: Let me play badminton.
Passive: Let the badminton be played by me.
4. Active: Never tell a lie.
Passive: Let not a lie ever be told.
5. Active: Let me do the sum.
Passive: Let the sum be done by me.
6. Active: Let me have a cup of coffee.
Passive: Let a cup of coffee be had by me.
7. Active: Please, do the work.
Passive: You are requested to do the work.
8. Active: Go away.
Passive: You are ordered to go away.
9. Active: Keep your words.
Passive: Your words should be kept.
10. Active: Don't laugh at the poor.
Passive: Let not the poor be laughed at.
11. Active: Never eat more than one thing for luncheon.
Passive: Let not more than one thing be ever eaten for luncheon.
12. Active: Buy me a shirt.
Passive: Let a shirt be bought for me.
13. Active: Give me your watch.
Passive: Let your watch be given to me.
14. Active: Open the door.
Passive: Let the door be opened.
Difficult voice change exercises
1. Active: He annoyed me.
Passive: I was annoyed with him.
Passive: I was annoyed with him.
2. Active: I know the man
Passive: The man is known to me.
3. Active: His behaviour surprised me.
Passive: I was surprised at his behaviour.
4. Active: The news shocked him.
Passive: He was shocked at the news.
5. Active: I saw him go.
Passive: He was seen to go by me.
6. Active: He made me do the work.
Passive: I was made to do the work by him.
7. Active: His conduct shocked me.
Passive: I was shocked at his conduct.
8. Active: Light-filled the room.
Passive: The room was filled with light.
9. Active: Her manners pleased us very much.
Passive: We were very much pleased with her manners.
10. Active: The novels of Charles Dickens interest me.
Passive: I am interested in the novels of Charles Dickens.
11. Active: Someone has stolen my purse.
Passive: My purse has been stolen.
12. Active: Circumstances obliged to go.
Passive: I was obliged to go.
13. Active: We can grain nothing without labour.
Passive: Nothing can be grained without labour.
14. Active: Why did they refuse him admittance?
Passive: Why was he refused admittance?
15. Active: We should not encourage indiscipline.
Passive: Indiscipline should not be encouraged.
16. Active: Mother looked after the girl.
Passive: The girl was looked after by mother.
17. Active: He has worked out the answer correctly.
Passive: The answer has been correctly worked out by him.
18. Active: Someone built this building in 1976.
Passive: This building was built in 1976.
19. Active: Adam presided over the meeting.
Passive: The meeting was presided over by Adam.
20. Active: People consider me honest.
Passive: I am considered honest.
21. Active: She likes people to obey her.
Passive: She likes to be obeyed by people.
22. Active: People believe that you know.
Passive: It is supposed that you know.
23. Active: We will not admit children under eight.
Passive: Children under eight will not be admitted by us.
24. Active: It is time to do your duty.
Passive: It is time for your duty to be done.
25. Active: I knew him.
Passive: He was known to me.
Adam Masud
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Very nice worksheet. It helped me so much. There are many different types of questions which helped me understand the topic very clearly.
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The answer of the first question of Difficult voice changes is wrong।
Hope that you will correct it, and will republish
I correct it. Thanks