Active to Passive Voice Exercise

Active and Passive Voice

Understanding active and passive voice is important for students of all levels, whether they are in school or preparing for competitive exams. This topic is a key part of English grammar that helps build a strong foundation in the language. In this article, we will explain active and passive voice, their rules, and how to convert them, along with an active to passive voice exercise to enhance your learning.

What Is the Voice of a Verb?

The voice of a verb shows whether the subject in a sentence performs or receives the action. For example:

Meera writes a letter.
A letter is written by Meera.

In the first sentence, the subject Meera is doing the action of writing. The verb writes is in the active voice.
In the second sentence, the subject a letter is receiving the action. The verb is written is in the passive voice.

By practicing an active to passive voice exercise, you can understand this difference better.

Types of Voice

There are two types of voice in English grammar:

Active Voice
Passive Voice

Active Voice

A sentence is in the active voice when the subject does the action. The basic structure of an active voice sentence is:
Subject + Verb + Object

Examples:

The dog chases the cat.
Ravi reads a book.
The children play in the park.

In these examples, the subject (dog, Ravi, children) is performing the action. Try to identify such patterns in an active to passive voice exercise to improve your skills.

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Passive Voice

A sentence is in the passive voice when the subject receives the action. The basic structure of a passive voice sentence is:
Object + Verb (past participle) + by Subject

Examples:

The cat is chased by the dog.
A book is read by Ravi.
The park is played in by the children.

In these sentences, the subject (cat, book, park) is not performing the action but is affected by it.

Converting Active to Passive Voice Exercise: Practice and Learn

To convert a sentence in a active to passive voice exercise, follow these steps:

Identify the subject, verb, and object in the active sentence.
Move the object of the active sentence to the subject position in the passive sentence.
Use the correct form of the verb (past participle) and the appropriate helping verb (is, are, was, etc.).
Add “by” before the original subject, if necessary.

For example:

Active: The teacher teaches the students.
Passive: The students are taught by the teacher.

Practicing these steps with an active to passive voice exercise will make it easier to apply the rules.

Active: He can help you.

Passive: You can be helped by him.

Active: He will rob them if they are not cautious.

Passive: They will be robbed by him if they are not cautious.

Active: They did not tell me anything about the situation.

Passive: I was not told anything about the situation.

Active: They might win the match.

Passive: The match might be won by them.

Active: Post this letter.

Passive: Let this letter be posted.

Active: Cut your shirt according to your requirement.

Passive: Let your shirt be cut according to your requirement.

Active: They have decided to increase the level.

Passive: It has been decided to increase level.

Active: Never tell a lie.

Passive: Let a lie never be told.

Active: He performed a dance for the first time last week.

Passive: His dance was performed for the first time last week.

Active: Do not pluck flowers.

Passive: Let flowers not be plucked.

Active: They will look after you.

Passive: You will be looked after by them.

Active: They promised Rahul a new phone on his birthday.

Passive: Rahul was promised a new phone on his birthday.

Active: Did they not tell you to be here by 8 o’clock?

Passive: Were you not told to be here by 8 o’clock?

Active: Have they carried out his orders?

Passive: Have his orders been carried out by them?

Active: Mom will have to amuse him with riddles.

Passive: He will have to be amused by mom with riddles.

Active: Please sit here and wait till I come back.

Passive: You are requested to wait here till I come back.

Active: Ravi chose his words with care.

Passive: Words were chosen with care by Ravi.

Active: Is he running a race?

Passive: Is a race being run by him?

Active: Has someone told her about her result?

Passive: Has she been told about her result?

Active: It shocked me to hear that someone had bothered you.

Passive: I was shocked to hear that you had been bothered by someone.

Active: Everyone knows that he is a footballer.

Passive: He is known to be a footballer.

Active: Do they like my teachers?

Passive: Are my teachers liked by them?

Active: Work hard.

Passive: You are advised to work hard.

Active: Can you solve this question?

Passive: Can this question be solved by you?

Active: Let him sing a song.

Passive: Let a song be sung by him.

Active: Please shut the door.

Passive: You are requested to shut the door.

Active: Who teaches you Maths?

Passive: By whom are you taught Maths?

Active: Hurry up, please.

Passive: You are requested to hurry up.

Active: Did you grow vegetables?

Passive: Were vegetables grown by you?

Active: It is time to take a cup of coffee.

Passive: It is time for a cup of coffee to be taken.

Active: Did he win the match?

Passive: Was the match won by him?

Active: She ran fast to win the race.

Passive: She ran fast for the race to be won.

Active: This bottle contains water.

Passive: Water is contained in this bottle.

Active: Why do you blame me?

Passive: Why am I blamed by you?

Active: Does this guy sell grocery?

Passive: Is grocery sold by this guy?

Active: My progress satisfied my parents.

Passive: My parents were satisfied with my progress.

Active: Were they singing songs?

Passive: Were songs being sung by them?

Active: They know my father.

Passive: My father is known to them.

Active: Ravi married Asha.

Passive: Asha was married to Ravi.

Active: Sugar tastes sweet.

Passive: Sugar is sweet when tasted.

Active: It is now time to close the doors.

Passive: It is now time for the doors to be closed.

Active: He hopes to win a medal.

Passive: It is hoped that he will win a medal.

Active: Her failure shocked us.

Passive: We were shocked at her failure.

Active: I want to buy a pen.

Passive: I want a pen to be bought.

Active: People take this meal all over the world.

Passive: This meal is taken by people all over the world.

Active: You cannot please him.

Passive: He cannot be pleased with you.

Active: The gardener is watering the flowers.

Passive: The flowers are being watered by the gardener.

Active: He has invited me.

Passive: I have been invited by him.

Active: The news of his departure shocked us.

Passive: We were shocked at the news of his departure.

Active: They have insulted us.

Passive: We have been insulted by them.

Active: I had never seen such a lovely girl before.

Passive: Such a lovely girl had never been seen by me before.

Active: I do not love him.

Passive: He is not loved by me.

Active: I had sold the old books.

Passive: The old books had been sold by me.

Active: They had prepared many things.

Passive: Many things had been prepared by them.

Active: Did he consult you?

Passive: Were you consulted by him?

Active: He had not seen this place before.

Passive: This place had not been seen by him before.

Active: I will never forget your behavior.

Passive: Your behavior will never be forgotten by me.

Active: The lady had already cooked food.

Passive: Food had already been cooked by the lady.

Active: We were expecting her.

Passive: She was being expected by us.

Active: The peon has done it.

Passive: It has been done by the peon.

Active: We have painted the windows.

Passive: The windows have been painted by us.

Active: They have won the match.

Passive: The match has been won by them.

Active: The rich must help the poor.

Passive: The poor must be helped by the rich.

Active: My uncle helped me.

Passive: I was helped by my uncle.

Active: They will help me.

Passive: I will be helped by them.

Active: They wrote several letters.

Passive: Several letters were written by them.

Active: The doctor treats these patients well.

Passive: These patients are treated well by the doctor.

Active: I do not understand this problem.

Passive: This problem is not understood by me.

Active: He writes stories.

Passive: Stories are written by him.

Active: He sang a song.

Passive: A song was sung by him.

Active: They will not disobey you.

Passive: You will not be disobeyed by them.

Active: The laborers will repair the road.

Passive: The road will be repaired by the laborers.

Active: The teacher corrected my homework.

Passive: My homework was corrected by the teacher.

Active: It is time to say prayers.

Passive: It is time for prayers to be said.

Active: We must follow the rules.

Passive: The rules must be followed.

Active: Somebody gave her something on her birthday.

Passive: Something was given to her on her birthday. /
She was given something on her birthday.

Active: It is necessary to write this poem.

Passive: It is necessary for this poem to be written.

Active: Children like chocolates.

Passive: Chocolates are liked by children.

Active: The girl is flying a kite.

Passive: A kite is being flown by the girl.

Active: He will teach a new lesson today.

Passive: A new lesson will be taught by him today.

Active: My mother was telling a story.

Passive: A story was being told by my mother.

Active: We can buy this but not that one.

Passive: This can be bought by us but not that one.

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Learn Active to Passive Voice Exercise

Active: People will remember him.

Passive: He will be remembered by people.

Active: We are not wasting time here.

Passive: Time is not being wasted by us here.

Active: The boys are drawing the pictures.

Passive: The pictures are being drawn by the boys.

Active: Get out of my house.

Passive: You are ordered to get out of my house.

Active: There is no money to waste.

Passive: There is no money to be wasted.

Active: A child cannot throw it.

Passive: It cannot be thrown by a child.

Active: They laughed at me.

Passive: I was laughed at by them.

Active: You might have heard his name.

Passive: His name might have been heard by you.

Active: He might do it.

Passive: It might be done by him.

Active: Who has broken the cup?

Passive: By whom has the cup been broken?

Active: Has he returned the pens?

Passive: Have the pens been returned by him?

Active: Will you have read the magazine by tomorrow?

Passive: Will the magazine have been read by you by tomorrow?

Active: Have they finished their assignments?

Passive: Have their assignments been finished by them?

Active: What have you made?

Passive: What has been made by you?

Active: They have built this robot themselves.

Passive: This robot has been built by them themselves.

Active: The judge advised them to settle the matter.

Passive: They were advised by the judge to settle the matter.

Active: You are spending too much time on this matter.

Passive: Too much time is being spent by you on this matter.

Active: He will have advised her.

Passive: She will have been advised by him.

Active: That scientist discovered a new pill to stimulate the appetite.

Passive: A new pill was discovered by that scientist to stimulate the appetite.

Active: He is running a hospital these days.

Passive: A hospital is being run by him these days.

Active: You must do your duty.

Passive: Your duty must be done by you.

Active: No one ever taught me how to play the guitar.

Passive: I was never taught by anyone how to play the guitar.

Active: One must do one’s duty.

Passive: Duty must be done (by all).

Active: The man could not climb the tree.

Passive: The tree could not be climbed by the man.

Active: I have proved all his calculations wrong.

Passive: All his calculations have been proven wrong by me.

Active: Who is disturbing you?

Passive: By whom are you being disturbed?

Active: I would have attended the meeting if it were possible

Passive: The meeting would have been attended by me if it were possible.

Active: We have to do it very early in the morning.

Passive: It has to be done by us very early in the morning.

Active: She will have finished the paper by 1 o’clock.

Passive: The paper will have been finished by her by 1 o’clock.

Active: Has he made all the necessary arrangements?

Passive: Have all the necessary arrangements been made by him?

Active: You should switch off the inverter when changing a fuse

Passive: The inverter should be switched off while changing a fuse.

Active: He asked me to wait there.

Passive: I was asked by him to wait there.

Active: She should have helped her friends.

Passive: Her friends should have been helped by her.

Active: You cannot expect him to understand these problems.

Passive: He can’t be expected to understand these problems.

Active: He will have closed his shop by now.

Passive: His shop will have been closed by him by now.

Active: You could have solved this question.

Passive: This question could have been solved by you.

Active: You should return the book next week.

Passive: The book should be returned by you next week.

Active: They can’t put you in prison.

Passive: You can’t be put in prison by them.

Active: The owner himself showed her the house.

Passive: She was shown the house by the owner himself.

Active: We ought to respect our elders.

Passive: Our elders ought to be respected by us.

Active: She always gives me gifts in the new year.

Passive: I am always given gifts by her in the new year.

Active: Did you paint these pictures in your house?

Passive: Were these pictures painted in your house?

Active: We should obey our teachers.

Passive: Our teachers should be obeyed by us.

Active: They rejected his proposal.

Passive: His proposal was rejected by them.

Active: Let them do it now.

Passive: Let it be done by them now.