Active and Passive Voice MCQs 2026
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- Q1 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: They completed the work
💡 Explanation:The active verb is simple past, so the passive form is was completed.
- Q2 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: She writes a letter
💡 Explanation:Simple present active changes to is or are plus past participle in passive voice.
- Q3 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: The police arrested the thief
💡 Explanation:The object thief becomes the subject, and simple past becomes was arrested.
- Q4 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: They will announce the result
💡 Explanation:Future simple passive is formed with will be plus past participle.
- Q5 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: He is repairing the car
💡 Explanation:Present continuous passive uses is being plus past participle.
- Q6 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: Someone has stolen my bag
💡 Explanation:Present perfect active changes to has been plus past participle in passive voice.
- Q7 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: The teacher praised the student
💡 Explanation:Simple past active becomes was praised in passive voice.
- Q8 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: They are building a bridge
💡 Explanation:Present continuous passive requires is being built.
- Q9 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: He can solve the problem
💡 Explanation:A modal passive is formed with modal plus be plus past participle.
- Q10 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: Open the door
💡 Explanation:Imperative passive commonly uses let plus object plus be plus past participle.
- Q11 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: Do not waste time
💡 Explanation:Negative imperative passive uses let plus object plus not be plus past participle.
- Q12 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: The manager approved the plan
💡 Explanation:The simple past verb approved becomes was approved in passive voice.
- Q13 hard
Choose the correct passive voice: She had finished the work
💡 Explanation:Past perfect passive is formed with had been plus past participle.
- Q14 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: They were cleaning the room
💡 Explanation:Past continuous passive uses was being plus past participle.
- Q15 hard
Choose the correct passive voice: He will have completed the project
💡 Explanation:Future perfect passive is formed with will have been plus past participle.
- Q16 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: People speak English all over the world
💡 Explanation:General simple present passive uses is spoken, and the agent can be omitted.
- Q17 hard
Choose the correct passive voice: Who broke the window
💡 Explanation:In passive voice, who becomes by whom and the verb becomes was broken.
- Q18 hard
Choose the correct passive voice: They elected him chairman
💡 Explanation:With object complement chairman, the passive is he was elected chairman.
- Q19 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: The storm damaged the crops
💡 Explanation:The object crops becomes the subject and the simple past verb becomes were damaged.
- Q20 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: She teaches us grammar
💡 Explanation:With two objects, us can become the passive subject: we are taught grammar.
- Q21 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: They have invited the guests
💡 Explanation:Present perfect passive uses have been plus past participle.
- Q22 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: Did he write the report
💡 Explanation:A simple past question in passive uses was plus subject plus past participle.
- Q23 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: They must obey the law
💡 Explanation:Modal passive requires must be plus past participle.
- Q24 hard
Choose the correct passive voice: I know him
💡 Explanation:Know commonly takes to rather than by in passive-like construction: he is known to me.
- Q25 hard
Choose the correct passive voice: Let him finish the work
💡 Explanation:The passive of an imperative with let uses let the object be plus past participle.
- Q26 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: The doctor examined the patient
💡 Explanation:Simple past active changes to was examined in passive voice.
- Q27 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: She was reading a novel
💡 Explanation:Past continuous passive uses was being read.
- Q28 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: They sell fruits here
💡 Explanation:Simple present passive is formed with are plus past participle.
- Q29 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: He bought a new car
💡 Explanation:Simple past bought becomes was bought in passive voice.
- Q30 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: The children were flying kites
💡 Explanation:Past continuous passive is were being flown.
- Q31 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: We should respect elders
💡 Explanation:Should in passive voice is followed by be plus past participle.
- Q32 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: She has completed the assignment
💡 Explanation:Present perfect passive requires has been completed.
- Q33 hard
Choose the correct passive voice: They had informed the officer
💡 Explanation:Past perfect passive is had been informed.
- Q34 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: He will send the parcel
💡 Explanation:Future simple passive is will be sent.
- Q35 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: Somebody cleans this office daily
💡 Explanation:A repeated simple present action becomes is cleaned in passive voice.
- Q36 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: The judge sentenced the prisoner
💡 Explanation:The object prisoner becomes the subject, and sentenced becomes was sentenced.
- Q37 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: He is writing a poem
💡 Explanation:Present continuous passive uses is being written.
- Q38 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: They make shoes in this factory
💡 Explanation:The general simple present passive is are made.
- Q39 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: We shall discuss the matter
💡 Explanation:Shall in passive voice is followed by be plus past participle.
- Q40 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: Has she solved the puzzle
💡 Explanation:Present perfect passive question uses has plus subject plus been plus past participle.
- Q41 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: The cat killed the mouse
💡 Explanation:Simple past active changes to was killed in passive voice.
- Q42 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: Do not tell a lie
💡 Explanation:Negative imperative passive uses let plus object plus not be plus past participle.
- Q43 hard
Choose the correct passive voice: He kept me waiting
💡 Explanation:The object me becomes I, and the complement waiting remains after kept.
- Q44 hard
Choose the correct passive voice: They called off the meeting
💡 Explanation:A phrasal verb keeps its particle in passive voice: was called off.
- Q45 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: She gave me a book
💡 Explanation:With two objects, the indirect object me can become passive subject: I was given.
- Q46 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: The government is implementing reforms
💡 Explanation:Present continuous passive uses are being implemented.
- Q47 hard
Choose the correct passive voice: We had seen the film
💡 Explanation:Past perfect active changes to had been seen in passive voice.
- Q48 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: He may help you
💡 Explanation:May in passive voice is followed by be plus past participle.
- Q49 medium
Choose the correct passive voice: Did they punish the culprit
💡 Explanation:A simple past passive question uses was plus subject plus past participle.
- Q50 easy
Choose the correct passive voice: Everyone admired her courage
💡 Explanation:Simple past active changes to was admired in passive voice.