Top 50 MCQs on voice change or naration
Here are top 50 MCQs (multiple-choice questions) on the topic of Active Voice and Passive Voice, complete with explanations and rule-based justifications:
Set 1: Basic Identification of Voice or Naration(Q1–10)
Q1. Identify the voice of the sentence: The cake was eaten by Rina.
A) Active
B) Passive
Answer: B) Passive
Explanation: The subject receives the action. Rule: Passive = Object + “be” form + past participle + by + doer.
Q2. Identify the voice: She writes a letter.
A) Active
B) Passive
Answer: A) Active
Explanation: The subject (“She”) performs the action.
Q3. Which is in the passive voice?
A) They are watching a movie.
B) A movie is being watched by them.
C) They will watch a movie.
D) They watched a movie.
Answer: B) A movie is being watched by them.
Explanation: Subject receives the action. Rule: Present Continuous Passive = is/am/are + being + V3.
Q4. The sentence “The ball was thrown by John” is in:
A) Present
B) Past
C) Future
D) Present Perfect
Answer: B) Past
Explanation: “was thrown” indicates Simple Past Passive.
Q5.They have completed the work. — What is the voice?
A) Active
B) Passive
Answer: A) Active
Explanation: Subject (“They”) does the action.
Q6.The thief was caught by the police.
A) Passive
B) Active
Answer: A) Passive
Explanation: The subject (“thief”) is acted upon.
Q7.She is being praised by everyone. — Voice?
A) Active
B) Passive
Answer: B) Passive
Explanation: Present Continuous Passive = is/am/are + being + V3.
Q8. Which is in the active voice?
A) The report will be submitted by Rahul.
B) Rahul will submit the report.
C) The work is being done.
D) The room was cleaned.
Answer: B) Rahul will submit the report.
Explanation: Subject performs the action.
Q9.A letter is written by her every day.
A) Present Simple Passive
B) Present Continuous Passive
C) Past Simple Active
D) Present Perfect Passive
Answer: A) Present Simple Passive
Explanation: is + V3 shows passive in present simple.
Q10.They were told the truth by me. — What is the voice?
A) Active
B) Passive
Answer: B) Passive
Explanation: “were told” indicates past passive.
Set 2: Transformation on active to passive (Q11–30)
Q11. Change to passive: He writes poems.
A) Poems are written by him.
B) Poems were written by him.
C) Poems are being written by him.
D) Poems have been written by him.
Answer: A) Poems are written by him.
Rule: Present Simple Passive = is/am/are + V3
Q12. Passive of: She is cooking dinner.
A) Dinner is cooked.
B) Dinner is being cooked.
C) Dinner was cooked.
D) Dinner has been cooked.
Answer: B) Dinner is being cooked.
Rule: Present Continuous Passive = is/am/are + being + V3
Q13. Change into passive: They will complete the project.
A) The project is completed.
B) The project was completed.
C) The project will be completed.
D) The project has been completed.
Answer: C) The project will be completed.
Rule: Future Simple Passive = will + be + V3
Q14. Change into active: The book was written by him.
A) He wrote the book.
B) He writes the book.
C) He had written the book.
D) He was writing the book.
Answer: A) He wrote the book.
Rule: Past Simple Passive → Past Simple Active
Q15. Passive of: She has solved the problem.
A) The problem is solved.
B) The problem has been solved.
C) The problem was solved.
D) The problem is being solved.
Answer: B) The problem has been solved.
Rule: Present Perfect Passive = has/have + been + V3
Q16. Active of: The homework is being done by him.
A) He does the homework.
B) He is doing the homework.
C) He has done the homework.
D) He did the homework.
Answer: B) He is doing the homework.
Rule: Present Continuous Passive → Present Continuous Active
Q17. Passive of: We speak English.
A) English is spoken by us.
B) English was spoken by us.
C) English has been spoken.
D) English is being spoken.
Answer: A) English is spoken by us.
Rule: Present Simple Passive
Q18. Active of: The letter was being written by her.
A) She wrote the letter.
B) She was writing the letter.
C) She has written the letter.
D) She is writing the letter.
Answer: B) She was writing the letter.
Rule: Past Continuous Passive → Past Continuous Active
Q19. Change into passive: They are cleaning the room.
A) The room was cleaned.
B) The room is cleaned.
C) The room is being cleaned.
D) The room has been cleaned.
Answer: C) The room is being cleaned.
Rule: Present Continuous Passive
Q20. Passive of: She will have completed the task.
A) The task will be completed.
B) The task will have been completed.
C) The task is being completed.
D) The task has been completed.
Answer: B) The task will have been completed.
Rule: Future Perfect Passive = will have been + V3
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Set 3: Transformation based MCQs on active voice and passive voice (Q21–30)
Q21. Change into active: The song was sung by her.
A) She sings the song.
B) She is singing the song.
C) She sang the song.
D) She has sung the song.
Answer: C) She sang the song.
Rule: Past Simple Passive → Past Simple Active
Q22. Passive of: People speak French in Canada.
A) French has spoken in Canada.
B) French was spoken in Canada.
C) French is spoken in Canada.
D) French is being spoken in Canada.
Answer: C) French is spoken in Canada.
Rule: Present Simple Passive = is/am/are + V3
Q23. Change into passive: The manager will review the application.
A) The application will have been reviewed.
B) The application will be reviewed.
C) The application is reviewed.
D) The application was being reviewed.
Answer: B) The application will be reviewed.
Rule: Future Simple Passive = will + be + V3
Q24. Passive of: They were painting the house.
A) The house was painted.
B) The house is being painted.
C) The house was being painted.
D) The house has been painted.
Answer: C) The house was being painted.
Rule: Past Continuous Passive = was/were + being + V3
Q25. Change to passive: We have mailed the invitations.
A) The invitations were mailed.
B) The invitations have been mailed.
C) The invitations are being mailed.
D) The invitations are mailed.
Answer: B) The invitations have been mailed.
Rule: Present Perfect Passive = have/has + been + V3
Q26. Active of: The room will be cleaned by them.
A) They are cleaning the room.
B) They will clean the room.
C) They have cleaned the room.
D) They clean the room.
Answer: B) They will clean the room.
Rule: Future Simple Passive → Future Simple Active
Q27. Passive of: The teacher is correcting the papers.
A) The papers are corrected.
B) The papers are being corrected.
C) The papers will be corrected.
D) The papers have been corrected.
Answer: B) The papers are being corrected.
Rule: Present Continuous Passive = is/am/are + being + V3
Q28. Change to passive: He was writing a novel.
A) A novel was written by him.
B) A novel is being written by him.
C) A novel was being written by him.
D) A novel had been written by him.
Answer: C) A novel was being written by him.
Rule: Past Continuous Passive = was/were + being + V3
Q29. Passive of: She had finished the project.
A) The project is finished.
B) The project had been finished.
C) The project has been finished.
D) The project was finished.
Answer: B) The project had been finished.
Rule: Past Perfect Passive = had + been + V3
Q30. Change to active: The flowers have been watered by Tom.
A) Tom watered the flowers.
B) Tom waters the flowers.
C) Tom has been watering the flowers.
D) Tom has watered the flowers.
Answer: D) Tom has watered the flowers.
Rule: Present Perfect Passive → Present Perfect Active
Set 4: Error Detection & Miscellaneous based MCQs(Q31–50)
Q31. Find the error: The room cleaning was by the maid.
A) The room
B) cleaning
C) was by the maid
D) No error
Answer: B) cleaning
Explanation: Should be “was cleaned,” not “cleaning.” Use V3 in passive voice.
Q32. Which is correct passive voice?
A) The road is repairing.
B) The road is being repaired.
C) The road was repairing.
D) The road repaired.
Answer: B) The road is being repaired.
Rule: Present Continuous Passive = is + being + V3
Q33. Identify the correct passive sentence.
A) The match won by the team.
B) The match is win by the team.
C) The match was won by the team.
D) The match wins by the team.
Answer: C) The match was won by the team.
Q34. Find the active form: The message had been sent.
A) Someone sent the message.
B) Someone has sent the message.
C) Someone had sent the message.
D) Someone will send the message.
Answer: C) Someone had sent the message.
Q35. Error in: The song is sing by her every day.
A) The
B) song
C) is sing
D) by her
Answer: C) is sing
Explanation: Should be “is sung.” Passive = is + V3.
Q36. Correct passive form of: He types the letters.
A) The letters are being typed.
B) The letters were typed.
C) The letters are typed.
D) The letters have been typed.
Answer: C) The letters are typed.
Q37. Find the active voice: The documents were signed by the manager.
A) The manager has signed the documents.
B) The manager signed the documents.
C) The manager was signing the documents.
D) The manager will sign the documents.
Answer: B) The manager signed the documents.
Q38. Passive of: Do they watch TV?
A) TV is watched by them.
B) Is TV watched by them?
C) Has TV been watched?
D) Was TV watched?
Answer: B) Is TV watched by them?
Rule: Question Passive = Is/Are + object + V3 + by…
Q39. Active of: Were the cakes being baked by her?
A) Was she baking the cakes?
B) Did she bake the cakes?
C) Has she baked the cakes?
D) Is she baking the cakes?
Answer: A) Was she baking the cakes?
Q40. Passive of: Has he completed the work?
A) Is the work completed?
B) Was the work completed?
C) Has the work been completed?
D) Has been the work completed?
Answer: C) Has the work been completed?
Q41. Find the error: Milk are sold in bottles.
A) Milk
B) are
C) sold
D) in bottles
Answer: B) are
Explanation: “Milk” is uncountable. Use “is.”
Q42. Which is active?
A) The game is played.
B) The game is being played.
C) They play the game.
D) The game has been played.
Answer: C) They play the game.
Q43. Passive of: Did you complete the task?
A) Was the task completed by you?
B) Is the task completed by you?
C) Has the task been completed?
D) The task was completed.
Answer: A) Was the task completed by you?
Q44. Identify the passive form:
A) They are watching the parade.
B) The parade is being watched.
C) They watch the parade.
D) They will watch the parade.
Answer: B) The parade is being watched.
Q45. Passive of: Close the door.
A) The door is closed.
B) Let the door be closed.
C) The door will be closed.
D) The door was closed.
Answer: B) Let the door be closed.
Rule: Imperative Passive = Let + object + be + V3
Q46. Passive of: Someone stole my watch.
A) My watch was stolen.
B) My watch is stolen.
C) My watch has been stolen.
D) My watch had been stolen.
Answer: A) My watch was stolen.
Q47. Identify error: The song was sang by her.
A) The
B) song
C) was sang
D) by her
Answer: C) was sang
Explanation: “sang” is V2; use V3 “sung” → “was sung”
Q48. Active of: The door has been opened by her.
A) She opened the door.
B) She is opening the door.
C) She opens the door.
D) She has opened the door.
Answer: D) She has opened the door.
Q49. Passive of: Open the window.
A) The window is opened.
B) The window must be opened.
C) Let the window be opened.
D) The window was opened.
Answer: C) Let the window be opened.
Q50. Identify the active sentence:
A) The speech is given by the principal.
B) The principal gives the speech.
C) The speech was given.
D) The speech has been given.
Answer: B) The principal gives the speech.