English Grammer Quiz Topic Wise

Select the correct active form of the given sentence. You are advised not to travel interstate during the lockdown.

You will not travel interstate during the lockdown.|Do not travel interstate during the lockdown.|You should not travel interstate during the lockdown.|Interstate travel is not advised during the lockdown.

Do not travel interstate during the lockdown.

The given sentence is in passive voice of an imperative/advisory sentence (“You are advised…”). The correct active form of advice/imperative is a direct command or prohibition: “Do not travel…”. Other options either change the meaning or remain passive/incorrect in structure.

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Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence. They fund schools for girls.

Schools for girls are funded by them.|Schools for girls will be funded by them.|Schools for girls have been funded by them.|Schools for girls are being funded by them.

Schools for girls are funded by them.

The sentence is in simple present active voice. In passive voice it becomes “Object + is/are + V3 + by + subject”. “Schools for girls are funded by them” is the correct transformation. Future or continuous forms change the tense and are incorrect.

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Select the correct active form of the given sentence. The football match was being watched by the boys.

The boys were watching the football match.|The boys had been watching the football match.|The boys are watching the football match.|The boys watched the football match.

The boys were watching the football match.

The given sentence is past continuous passive (“was being watched”). The active form is past continuous: Subject + was/were + V1-ing + object. Hence “The boys were watching the football match” is correct. Perfect continuous or simple past changes the tense.

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Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence. At night, lock the outer gate.

The outer gate be locked at night.|Let the outer gate be locked at night.|The outer gate is locked at night.|The outer gate should lock at night.

Let the outer gate be locked at night.

Imperative sentences in passive voice are formed with “Let + object + be + V3”. Therefore “Let the outer gate be locked at night” is the correct passive form of the command.

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Enjoy instant benefits by becoming a member.

Instant benefits for members can be enjoyed.|Let instant benefits be enjoyed by becoming a member.|Instant benefits are enjoyed by becoming a member.|Instant benefits should be enjoyed by members.

Let instant benefits be enjoyed by becoming a member.

The sentence is an imperative. Passive of imperative uses “Let + object + be + V3”. Hence “Let instant benefits be enjoyed by becoming a member” is the grammatically correct passive form.

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Select the correct active form of the given sentence. Let Arpit be appointed the monitor this time.

We will appoint Arpit the monitor this time.|Appoint Arpit the monitor this time.|Arpit should be appointed the monitor this time.|Let us appoint Arpit the monitor this time.

Appoint Arpit the monitor this time.

“Let + object + be + V3” is the passive form of an imperative. The corresponding active imperative is a direct command: “Appoint Arpit the monitor this time.”

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Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence. Where do you keep the current magazines?

Where are the current magazines kept by you?|Where have the current magazines been kept?|Where were the current magazines kept by you?|Where do the current magazines keep?

Where are the current magazines kept by you?

Interrogative sentence in simple present active becomes “Wh-word + is/are + object + V3 + by + subject?” in passive. Hence “Where are the current magazines kept by you?” is correct.

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Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. One should wear a mask while going out.

While going out a mask can be worn.|While going out a mask should be worn.|A mask should wear while going out.|While going out one should be worn a mask.

While going out a mask should be worn.

In passive voice of “should + V1” the structure becomes “should be + V3”. The correct passive is “While going out a mask should be worn.”

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. The lock has not yet been repaired by the locksmith.

The locksmith has not repaired the lock yet.|The locksmith does not repairs the lock.|The locksmith has not been repairing the lock yet.|The locksmith did not repair the lock yet.

The locksmith has not repaired the lock yet.

Present perfect passive (“has been repaired”) becomes present perfect active: Subject + has/have + not + V3 + object. “The locksmith has not repaired the lock yet” is the correct active form.

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Select the correct passive voice of the given sentence. They switched off lights in memory of the martyrs.

Light have been switched off in memory of the martyrs by them.|Lights were switched off by them in memory of the martyrs.|Lights are switched off by them in memory of the martyrs.|Lights had been switched off by them in memory of the martyrs.

Lights were switched off by them in memory of the martyrs.

Simple past active becomes simple past passive: Object + was/were + V3 + by + subject. “Lights were switched off by them in memory of the martyrs” is correct.

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Select the correct active form of the given sentence. We shall be blamed by everyone.

Everyone shall blame us.|Everyone shall be blaming us.|Everyone will be blaming us.|Everyone is blaming us.

Everyone shall blame us.

Future passive with “shall be + V3” becomes future active: Subject + shall/will + V1 + object. “Everyone shall blame us” is the correct active transformation.

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Select the correct active voice of the given sentence. It seems that great progress has been made by many developing nations.

It seems that many developing nations have made great progress.|It seems that great progress has made many developing nations.|It seems that many developing nations had made great progress.|It seems that great progress was made by many developing nations.

It seems that many developing nations have made great progress.

The passive clause “great progress has been made by many developing nations” becomes active “many developing nations have made great progress”. The introductory “It seems that” remains unchanged.

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. All previous ages are far surpassed in knowledge by our age.

Our age is far surpassing all previous ages in knowledge.|Our age far surpasses all previous ages in knowledge.|Our age has far surpassed all previous ages in knowledge.|Our age was far surpassing all previous ages in knowledge.

Our age far surpasses all previous ages in knowledge.

Simple present passive becomes simple present active. “Our age far surpasses all previous ages in knowledge” correctly changes the voice while keeping the tense and meaning intact.

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The spider on the wall frightened Jiya.

Jiya has been frightened by the spider on the wall.|Jiya was frightened by the spider on the wall.|Jiya is frightened by the spider on the wall.|Jiya had been frightened by the spider on the wall.

Jiya was frightened by the spider on the wall.

Simple past active (“frightened”) becomes simple past passive: Object + was/were + V3 + by + subject. “Jiya was frightened by the spider on the wall” is correct.

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Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. Who has taken away my pen?

By whom has my pen been taken away?|By whom had my pen been taken away?|By whom is my pen taken away?|Who has my pen been taken away by?

By whom has my pen been taken away?

Interrogative with “Who” in present perfect active becomes “By whom + has/have + object + been + V3?” in passive. “By whom has my pen been taken away?” is the standard correct form.

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Do you trust me?

I am trusted by you.|Am I trusted by you?|Are you trusted by me?|Do I get trusted by you?

Am I trusted by you?

Yes/No interrogative in simple present active becomes “Am/Is/Are + object + V3 + by + subject?” in passive. “Am I trusted by you?” is the correct passive form.

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Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence. Please show me my son’s Mathematics notebook.

My son’s Mathematics notebook was please shown to me.|I may please be shown my son’s Mathematics notebook.|My son’s Mathematics notebook is shown to me please.|Please my son’s Mathematics notebook be shown to me.

I may please be shown my son’s Mathematics notebook.

Polite request/imperative in passive is often formed as “Subject + may/might + please + be + V3”. “I may please be shown my son’s Mathematics notebook” is the accepted passive form.

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Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. Nobody is allowed to entered the colony during the lockdown.

to entered|during the lockdown|Nobody is allowed|the colony

to entered

After “allowed to” the infinitive form of the verb is required. “Entered” is past form; the correct form is “to enter”. Hence the error is in “to entered”.

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Select the correct passive voice of the given sentence. Raman heard a strange noise near the closed door.

A strange noise was heard near the closed door by Raman.|A strange noise is hear by Raman near the closed door.|A strange noise has been heard near the closed door by Raman.|A strange noise was hearing near the closed door by Raman.

A strange noise was heard near the closed door by Raman.

Simple past active becomes simple past passive: Object + was/were + V3 + by + subject. “A strange noise was heard near the closed door by Raman” is correct.

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Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence. My father has promised me a bicycle.

I have promising a bicycle by my father.|I have been promised a bicycle by my father.|I was promised a bicycle by my father.|A bicycle has promised me by my father.

I have been promised a bicycle by my father.

Present perfect active with two objects becomes “Indirect object + has/have been + V3 + direct object + by + subject”. “I have been promised a bicycle by my father” is the correct passive.

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Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence. The thief was being arrested by the police.

The police was arresting the thief.|The police has arrested the thief.|The police were arresting the thief.|The police are arresting the thief.

The police were arresting the thief.

Past continuous passive becomes past continuous active. Although “police” can take singular/plural, the standard and preferred form is “The police were arresting the thief.”

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Select the correct passive voice of the given sentence. Did anyone inform you about the changed schedule?

Are you informed by anyone about the changed schedule?|Were you informed by anyone about the changed schedule?|Have you been informed by anyone about the changed schedule?|Was you informed by anyone about the changed schedule?

Were you informed by anyone about the changed schedule?

Past simple interrogative active becomes “Was/Were + object + V3 + by + subject?” in passive. “Were you informed by anyone about the changed schedule?” is correct.

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Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. Who keeps the accounts of this hotel?

By whom are the accounts being kept of this hotel?|By whom are the accounts of this hotel kept?|By whom the accounts of this hotel are kept?|Who are the accounts of this hotel kept by?

By whom are the accounts of this hotel kept?

Interrogative “Who + V1” in simple present becomes “By whom + is/are + object + V3?” in passive. “By whom are the accounts of this hotel kept?” is the correct form.

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Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence. They will advise me about the price of the accessories.

I would have been advised about the price of the accessories.|I shall be advised about the price of the accessories.|I will have been advised about the price of the accessories.|I am advised about the price of the accessories.

I shall be advised about the price of the accessories.

Future simple active becomes future simple passive: Object + shall/will be + V3 + by + subject (by them is often omitted). “I shall be advised about the price of the accessories” is correct.

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Select the correct passive voice of the given sentence. How can you determine your audience’s needs?

How can your audience’s needs be determined?|How is your audience’s needs determined?|How can your audience’s needs determined?|How your audience’s needs can be determined?

How can your audience’s needs be determined?

Interrogative with modal “can” becomes “How can + object + be + V3?” in passive. “How can your audience’s needs be determined?” is the correct passive form.

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Do we need high taxes on senior savings?

Do senior citizens need high taxes on their savings?|Are high taxes needed on senior citizens’ savings?|Are high taxes need on senior savings?|Do high taxes need on senior citizens’ savings?

Are high taxes needed on senior citizens’ savings?

Simple present interrogative active becomes “Is/Are + object + V3…?” in passive. “Are high taxes needed on senior citizens’ savings?” is the correct transformation.

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Select the correct active form of the given sentence. You are requested to give me change for 2000.

Can you give me change for 2000?|Please give me change for 2000.|You must give me change for 2000.|Give me change for 2000.

Please give me change for 2000.

“You are requested to…” is a polite passive request. The natural active form of such a request is “Please + V1…”. “Please give me change for 2000” is the most appropriate active form.

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Select the correct active voice of the given sentence. If our liberty has to be maintained, then it must be fought for.

If we have to maintain our liberty, then we must fight for it.|If our liberty has to be maintain, then we must fight for it.|If we had to maintain our liberty, then we must fight for it.|If our liberty is to be maintained, then it must fight for.

If we have to maintain our liberty, then we must fight for it.

Both clauses are passive. Changing both to active while keeping the meaning gives: “If we have to maintain our liberty, then we must fight for it.”

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Select the correct active form of the given sentence. You are requested to give me change for 2000.

Please give me change for 2000.|Can you give me change for 2000?|You should give me change for 2000.|Give the change for 2000 to me.

Please give me change for 2000.

This is a polite request in passive. The standard active form of “You are requested to…” is “Please + base verb…”. Hence “Please give me change for 2000” is correct.

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Select the correct active form of the given sentence. Perfection is sought by him in everything he does.

He sought perfection in everything he did.|He seeks perfection in everything he does.|He is seeking perfection in everything he does.|He has sought perfection in everything he does.

He seeks perfection in everything he does.

Simple present passive becomes simple present active: Subject + V1/V5 + object. “He seeks perfection in everything he does” correctly restores the active voice.

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Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. The teacher is teaching the students.

The students are taught by the teacher.|The students are being taught by the teacher.|The students have been taught by the teacher.|The students were being taught by the teacher.

The students are being taught by the teacher.

Present continuous active (“is teaching”) becomes present continuous passive: Object + is/are being + V3 + by + subject. “The students are being taught by the teacher” is correct.

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Choose the correct active voice of the sentence. The letter was written by her yesterday.

She wrote the letter yesterday.|She was writing the letter yesterday.|She has written the letter yesterday.|She writes the letter yesterday.

She wrote the letter yesterday.

Simple past passive becomes simple past active. “She wrote the letter yesterday” is the correct transformation.

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Select the correct passive voice. Someone has stolen my wallet.

My wallet has been stolen.|My wallet was stolen by someone.|My wallet is stolen.|My wallet has stolen by someone.

My wallet has been stolen.

Present perfect active with unknown subject is commonly changed to passive without “by someone”: “My wallet has been stolen.”

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Change into passive voice. Open the door.

The door is opened.|Let the door be opened.|The door was opened.|The door must be opened.

Let the door be opened.

Imperative sentences are changed into passive using “Let + object + be + V3”. Hence “Let the door be opened” is correct.

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Select the correct active form. The work will have been finished by them by tomorrow.

They will have finished the work by tomorrow.|They will finish the work by tomorrow.|They have finished the work by tomorrow.|They will be finishing the work by tomorrow.

They will have finished the work by tomorrow.

Future perfect passive becomes future perfect active: Subject + will have + V3 + object. “They will have finished the work by tomorrow” is correct.

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Choose the correct passive form. Why did he beat the child?

Why was the child beaten by him?|Why is the child beaten by him?|Why has the child been beaten by him?|Why the child was beaten by him?

Why was the child beaten by him?

Past simple interrogative active becomes “Why + was/were + object + V3 + by + subject?” in passive.

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Select the correct passive voice. The police caught the thief red-handed.

The thief was caught red-handed by the police.|The thief is caught red-handed by the police.|The thief has been caught red-handed by the police.|The thief was being caught red-handed by the police.

The thief was caught red-handed by the police.

Simple past active becomes simple past passive. “The thief was caught red-handed by the police” is the correct form.

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Change the voice. People speak English all over the world.

English is spoken all over the world.|English was spoken all over the world.|English has been spoken all over the world.|English is being spoken all over the world.

English is spoken all over the world.

Simple present active with general subject “People” is usually changed to passive without “by people”: “English is spoken all over the world.”

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Select the correct active voice. The injured were being helped by the passers-by.

The passers-by were helping the injured.|The passers-by are helping the injured.|The passers-by helped the injured.|The passers-by had been helping the injured.

The passers-by were helping the injured.

Past continuous passive becomes past continuous active. “The passers-by were helping the injured” is correct.

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Choose the correct passive form. Who taught you English?

By whom were you taught English?|By whom was you taught English?|Who were you taught English by?|By whom are you taught English?

By whom were you taught English?

Past simple interrogative with “Who” becomes “By whom + was/were + object + V3?” in passive.

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Select the correct passive voice. He will finish the work in a week.

The work will be finished by him in a week.|The work will finish by him in a week.|The work would be finished by him in a week.|The work will have been finished by him in a week.

The work will be finished by him in a week.

Future simple active becomes future simple passive: Object + will be + V3 + by + subject.

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Change into active voice. The window was broken by the children.

The children broke the window.|The children were breaking the window.|The children have broken the window.|The children break the window.

The children broke the window.

Simple past passive becomes simple past active. “The children broke the window” is the correct active form.

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Select the correct passive form. Must we complete the project today?

Must the project be completed by us today?|Must the project completed by us today?|Must the project is completed by us today?|The project must be complete by us today?

Must the project be completed by us today?

Modal “must” in interrogative active becomes “Must + object + be + V3…?” in passive.

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Choose the correct active voice. A new bridge is being built across the river.

They are building a new bridge across the river.|They have built a new bridge across the river.|They built a new bridge across the river.|They will build a new bridge across the river.

They are building a new bridge across the river.

Present continuous passive becomes present continuous active. When the doer is not mentioned, “They” or “People” is commonly used.

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Select the correct passive voice. The manager will give you a ticket.

You will be given a ticket by the manager.|A ticket will be given you by the manager.|You will given a ticket by the manager.|You are given a ticket by the manager.

You will be given a ticket by the manager.

Future simple with two objects becomes “Indirect object + will be + V3 + direct object + by + subject”.

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Change the voice. Don’t touch the wire.

Let the wire not be touched.|The wire should not be touched.|Let not the wire be touched.|The wire is not touched.

Let the wire not be touched.

Negative imperative in passive is formed as “Let + object + not + be + V3”.

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Select the correct active form. The results will be announced tomorrow.

They will announce the results tomorrow.|They will be announcing the results tomorrow.|They announced the results tomorrow.|They have announced the results tomorrow.

They will announce the results tomorrow.

Future simple passive becomes future simple active. “They will announce the results tomorrow” is the natural active form.

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Choose the correct passive form. Has anyone seen my keys?

Have my keys been seen by anyone?|Has my keys been seen by anyone?|Are my keys seen by anyone?|Were my keys seen by anyone?

Have my keys been seen by anyone?

Present perfect interrogative active becomes “Have/Has + object + been + V3 + by + subject?” in passive.

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Select the correct passive voice. She is writing a novel.

A novel is written by her.|A novel is being written by her.|A novel has been written by her.|A novel was being written by her.

A novel is being written by her.

Present continuous active becomes present continuous passive: Object + is/are being + V3 + by + subject.

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Change into passive voice. The storm destroyed many houses.

Many houses were destroyed by the storm.|Many houses are destroyed by the storm.|Many houses have been destroyed by the storm.|Many houses were being destroyed by the storm.

Many houses were destroyed by the storm.

Simple past active becomes simple past passive. “Many houses were destroyed by the storm” is correct.

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Select the correct active form. The invitation has been accepted by her.

She has accepted the invitation.|She accepted the invitation.|She is accepting the invitation.|She will accept the invitation.

She has accepted the invitation.

Present perfect passive becomes present perfect active. “She has accepted the invitation” is the correct active form.

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