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Active and Passive Voice Questions with Answers

Converting between voices across tenses, questions and imperatives. This page pools every active and passive voice question on the site — 109 of them, from 18 exams, weighted towards Banking, SSC, Engineering — so you can drill the topic on its own instead of meeting four of them inside a full paper.

15% of the pool is graded hard on this site’s own scale and 11% easy, which is about average for this section.

Questions
109
Practice set
25 in 25 min
Difficulty
12/81/16
Negative marking
None
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Active and Passive Voice questions with solutions

6 from the 109-question pool, worked in full.

  1. 1. Choose the passive form of "The board will announce the results next week."

    • A. The results are announced by the board next week.
    • B. The results will announce the board next week.
    • C. The board will be announced by the results next week.
    • D. The results will be announced by the board next week. ✓

    Solution. The future passive uses "will be + past participle".

  2. 2. Choose the correct passive voice of: "She will complete the project by Friday."

    • A. The project is completed by her by Friday.
    • B. The project was completed by her by Friday.
    • C. The project will be completed by her by Friday. ✓
    • D. The project will complete by her by Friday.

    Solution. The original sentence uses the future tense with "will", so the correct passive form retains that tense: "will be completed".

  3. 3. Choose the correct passive voice of: "The bank sanctioned the loan yesterday."

    • A. The loan is sanctioned by the bank yesterday.
    • B. The loan will be sanctioned by the bank yesterday.
    • C. The loan has been sanctioned by the bank yesterday.
    • D. The loan was sanctioned by the bank yesterday. ✓

    Solution. The simple past active "sanctioned" becomes "was sanctioned" in the passive voice.

  4. 4. Choose the correct passive voice of: "They will implement the new system next quarter."

    • A. The new system will be implemented next quarter. ✓
    • B. The new system is implemented next quarter.
    • C. The new system will implement next quarter.
    • D. The new system was implemented next quarter.

    Solution. The original sentence uses the future tense with "will", so the correct passive form retains that tense: "will be implemented".

  5. 5. Identify the passive form of “People believe that the manuscript is authentic.”

    • A. The manuscript is believed to be authentic. ✓
    • B. The manuscript believes to be authentic.
    • C. It has believed the manuscript authentic.
    • D. The manuscript was believing authenticity.

    Solution. The reporting passive is formed as “subject + is believed + to-infinitive”.

  6. 6. Choose the correct active form of: 'The letter was typed by the stenographer.'

    • A. The stenographer typed the letter. ✓
    • B. The stenographer was typing the letter.
    • C. The stenographer has typed the letter.
    • D. The stenographer types the letter.

    Solution. The passive is simple past, so the active form uses the simple past: "typed".

Exams that set Active and Passive Voice

3 categories, led by Banking, SSC, Engineering.

Also set by SIDBI Grade A & B, SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, SSC CHT, SSC CPO, SSC Stenographer. Browse all exams.

Active and Passive Voice: frequently asked questions

How many active and passive voice questions are there?

109, from the 18 exams here whose syllabus sets the topic. 11% are graded easy and 15% hard, which makes active and passive voice about average for this section, where the mean is 17%.

Which exams ask active and passive voice questions?

18 of the exams on this site, weighted towards Banking (10), SSC (5), Engineering (3). Every question in this pool comes from one of their own mock tests, so the list below is the honest answer to whether the topic is worth your time.

Is active and passive voice hard?

15% of these 109 questions are graded hard and 11% easy, making it about average for this section, where the mean is 17%.

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