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ACTIVE VOICE AND PASSIVE
VOICE
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1
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Active:
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Khurshid helps
Naushaba.
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Passive:
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Naushaba is helped
by Khurshid.
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2
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Active:
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The driver opened
the door of the car.
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Passive:
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The door of the
car was opened by the driver.
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3
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Active:
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The boy makes a picture.
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Passive:
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The picture is
made by the boy.
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4
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Active:
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The mother loves
the children.
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Passive:
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The children are
loved by the mother. (present indefinite tense)
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5
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Active:
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They are buying
this house.
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Passive:
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This house is
being bought by them. (present continuous)
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6
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Active:
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She has not beaten
the dog.
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Passive:
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The dog has not
been beaten by her. (present perfect)
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7
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Active:
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She bought five
video films.
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Passive:
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Five video films
were bought by her. (past indefinite)
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8
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Active:
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She gave me five
films.
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Passive:
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I was given five
films by her.
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9
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Active:
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Why did she write
such a letter?
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Passive:
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Why was such a
letter written by her?
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10
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Active:
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She was teaching
the students.
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Passive:
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The students were
being taught by her. (past continuous)
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11
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Active:
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They had gained
nothing.
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Passive:
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Nothing had been
gained by them. (past perfect)
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12
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Active:
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He will write a
letter.
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Passive:
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A letter will be
written by him. (future indefinite)
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13
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Active:
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We shall have
killed the snake.
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Passive:
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The snake will
have been killed by us. (future perfect)
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14
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Active:
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She likes apples.
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Passive:
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Apples are liked
by her.
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15
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Active:
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The boy is
climbing the wall.
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Passive:
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The wall is being
climbed by the boy.
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16
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Active:
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We did not hear a
sound.
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Passive:
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A sound was not
heared by us.
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17
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Active:
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They have bought a
horse.
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Passive:
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A horse has been
bought by them.
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18
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Active:
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The Board has
given me a gold medal.
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Passive:
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I have been given
a gold medal by the board.
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19
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Active:
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He praised the boy
for his courage.
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Passive:
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The boy was praised
for his courage by him.
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20
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Active:
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The teacher was
helping the students.
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Passive:
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The students were
being helped by the teacher.
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21
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Active:
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Why were they
beating the boy?
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Passive:
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Why was the boy
being beatten by them?
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22
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Active:
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They have not done
their job.
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Passive:
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Their job has not
been done by them.
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23
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Active:
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A car ran over an
old man.
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Passive:
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An oldman was run
over by a car.
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24
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Active:
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He will give you a
box of chocolates.
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Passive:
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You will be given
a box of chocolates by him.
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25
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Active:
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He had told me to
do it.
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Passive:
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I had been told to
do it by him.
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26
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Active:
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They had not done
their home task.
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Passive:
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Their home task
had not been done by them.
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27
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Active:
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We shall have
finished our work by March next.
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Passive:
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Our work will have
been finished by March next by us.
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28
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Active:
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He took away my
books.
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Passive:
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My books were
taken away by him.
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29
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Active:
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The sudden noise
frightened the child.
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Passive:
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The child was
frightened by the sudden noise.
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30
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Active:
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We use milk for
making cheese.
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Passive:
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Milk is used for
making cheese by us.
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31
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Active:
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Why is he mending
the chair?
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Passive:
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Why is the chair
being mended by him?
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32
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Active:
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The doctor asked
her to stay in bed.
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Passive:
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She was asked to
stay in bed by the doctor.
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33
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Active:
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They caught the
thief.
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Passive:
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The thief was
caught by them.
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