The melody has been composed wonderfully by Rajan.
A. Rajan had composed the melody wonderfully. B. Rajan wonderfully composed the melody. C. Rajan has been composing the melody wonderfully. D. Rajan has composed the melody wonderfully.
Solution: D
The given sentence is the passive voice of the present perfect tense. The structures for passive/active voices are:
Passive: Object + has/have + been + verb (IIIrd form) + by + subject.
Active: Subject + has/have + verb (IIIrd form) + object.
So, the active voice of the given sentence would be: Rajan has composed the melody wonderfully.
The army was helping the people to reach their homes.
A. The people had been helped by the army to reach their homes. B. The people were being helped by the army to reach their homes. C. The people were helped by the army to reach their homes. D. The people were helped to reach their homes.
Solution: B
The sentence is in the active voice where the verb expresses the subject’s action upon an object. Thus to convert it into passive voice:
Object + Helping Verb + Verb 3rd Form + By + Subject
The object ‘people’ should be written before the subject ‘the army.’ The tense is past continuous. Thus, the rule to be followed is:
Active voice: Subject +was/were+V1+ing+Object
Passive Voice: Object +was/were+being+V3+by+Subject
He had left the job.
A. The job has been left by him B. The job had been left by him. C. The job was been left by him. D. The job had had been left by him.
Solution: B
The given sentence is in the active form, and the tense of the sentence Is past perfect tense.
Active voice: Subject+Had+V3+Object
Passive Voice: Object+Had+been+V3+by+Subject.
The housekeeper arranged the furniture in order.
A. The furniture had to be arranged in order by the housekeeper. B. The furniture were to be arranged in order by the housekeeper. C. The furniture were arranged in order by the housekeeper. D. The furniture had been arranged in order by the housekeeper.
Solution: C
The sentence is in the active voice, where the verb expresses the subject’s action upon an object. Thus to convert it into passive voice:
Object + Helping Verb + Verb 3rd Form + By + Subject
The object ‘furniture’ should be written before the subject ‘housekeeper.’ The tense is simple past; thus the rule to be followed is:
Active voice: Subject+V2+Object
Passive Voice: Object +was/were+V3+by+Subject
Ritwik wrote the script a year ago.
A. The script was written by Ritwik a year ago. B. The script had been written by Ritwik a year ago. C. The script was being written by Ritwik a year ago. D. The script was to be written by Ritwik a year ago.
Solution: A
The sentence is in the active voice where the verb expresses the action of a subject upon the object. Thus to convert it into passive voice:
Object + Helping Verb + Verb 3rd Form + By + Subject
The object ‘script’ should be written before the subject ‘Ritwik.’ The tense is simple present; thus the rule to be followed is:
Active voice: Subject+V2+Object
Passive Voice: Object +was/were+V3+by+Subject
Nisha will speak to her parents tomorrow.
A. Her parents will be spoke by Nisha tomorrow. B. Her parents will be spoken to by Nisha tomorrow. C. Her parents will be speaking by Nisha tomorrow D. Her parents will be spoken by Nisha tomorrow.
Solution: B
The given sentence is in active voice, and the tense of the sentence is future tense. The formula for changing a future tense sentence to passive form is:
Object + will + be + past participle + by + Subject
Here ‘Nisha’ is the subject, ‘spoken to’ is a verb and ‘parents’ is the object.
Old workers are being replaced by skilled people in this factory.
A. Skilled people have replaced old workers in this factory. B. Skilled people were replacing old workers in this factory. C. Skilled people are replacing old workers in this factory. D. Old workers are replacing skilled people in this factory.
Solution: C
The given sentence is in the passive form of an assertive sentence. The sentence is in the present continuous tense.
The structures for active/passive voices are:
Active Voice: Subject + is/am/are + Verb (V1+ing form) + Object
Passive Voice: Object + is/am/are + being + Verb (V3 form) + by + Subject
So, with the help of the above instructions, we can convert the given sentence into an active voice:
Skilled people are replacing Old workers in this factory.
Weren’t you told about the new policies of resigning?
A. Hadn’t anyone told you about the new policies of resigning? B. Was anyone telling you about the new policies of resigning? C. Didn’t anyone tell you about the new policies of resigning? D. Wasn’t anyone telling you about the new policies of resigning?
Solution: C
The given sentence is in the passive form of an interrogative sentence. The sentence is in past indefinite tense.
The structures for active/passive voices are:
Active Voice: Did + Subject + Main Verb + Object?
Passive Voice: Helping Verb (was/were as question word) + Object + Verb (V3 form) + by + Subject?
So, with the help of the above instructions, we can convert the given sentence into active voice:
Didn’t anyone tell you about the new policies of resigning?
Where did they find the red bag?
A. Where was the red bag founded? B. Where is the red bag found? C. Where has the red bag been found? D. Where was the red bag found?
Solution: D
The given sentence is in the active form of an interrogative sentence. The sentence is in past indefinite tense.
The structures for active/passive voices are:
Active Voice: Question word + Helping Verb (did) + Subject + Main Verb + Object?
Passive Voice: Question word + Helping Verb (was/were) + Object + Verb (V3 form) + by + Subject?
So, with the help of the above instructions, we can convert the given sentence into passive voice:
Where was the red bag found?
The news has not been brought to my attention by anybody.
A. My attention has not been brought under the news. B. Nobody has brought the news to my attention. C. Anybody has not brought the news to my attention. D. Nobody brought the news to my attention.
Solution: B
The given sentence is in the passive form of an assertive sentence. The sentence is in the present perfect tense.
The structures for active/passive voices are:
Active Voice: Subject + has/have + Verb (V3 form) + Object
Passive Voice: Object + has/have + been + Verb (V3 form) + by + Subject
So, with the help of the above instructions, we can convert the given sentence into an active voice: Nobody has brought the news to my attention.
