Voice change exercise with answer

Assertive Sentence Voice Change

1. Active: I play badminton.
Passive: Badminton is played by me.

2. Active: I am playing badminton.
Passive: Badminton is being played by me.

3. Active: He has eaten rice.
Passive: Rice has been eaten by him.

4. Active: He ate rice.
Passive: Rice was eaten by him.

5. Active:: He was eating rice.
Passive: Rice was being eaten by him.

6. Active: He had eaten rice.
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.

9. Active: He will have eaten rice.
Passive: Rice will have been eaten by him.

10. Active: I may help you.
Passive: You may be helped by me.

11. Active: You must do the work.
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.

2. Active: Do not open the door.
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.

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.