Active/passive voice worksheet

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Active and passive voice worksheet.

Q.1 Change the following sentences into passive voice.

  1. The girls sang beautiful songs.
  2. I have seen a little bird.
  3. They won great victory.
  4. The teacher praised her students.
  5. God has given us intelligence.
  6. Spring makes everyone happy.
  7. We hear a soft humming in the spring season.
  8. His school honoured him with a medal for bravery.
  9. Shivaji Maharaj had conquered many forts before he was nineteen.
  10. The killers had murdered three people.
  11. My granny tells me adventurous stories everyday.
  12. The police are taking the thief to the police station.
  13. She was pulling the rope.
  14. My mother was driving the car.
  15. They will punish the guilty.

Q. 2 Change the following passive voice sentences into active voice.

  1. Krishna was given the grave by Draupadi.
  2. A beautiful garland was made by her.
  3. I was given a good advice by my mother.
  4. Each parrot 🐦 was fed grains by the caretakers.
  5. India had been ruled by the British.
  6. The ceremony has been conducted by the president.
  7. This story was written by Ruskin bond.
  8. Those flowers were being plucked by the young girls.
  9. Today's assembly was conducted by Nandita.
  10. The classroom is cleaned by the children.

Q. 3 Change the voice in the following sentences.

  1. I know Chinese.
  2. She spoke to me.
  3. The book was given by the librarian.
  4. Mrunali hand painted the picture.
  5. You haven't told the secret yet.
  6. All the rules were read to the villagers.
  7. The announcement was written on the notice board.
  8. The bushes were being planted by my grandfather.
  9. The Taj Mahal was built by Shahjahan.
  10. The sweets are being distributed by that kind gentleman.
  11. The dog threw the bone to the puppies.
  12. The seamstress will stitch a beautiful dress for me.

Solutions


Q. 1

Change the following sentences into passive voice.


1. The girls sang beautiful songs.
Ans.
Beautiful songs were sung by the girls.

2. I have seen a little bird.
Ans.
A little bird has been seen by me.

3. They won great victory.
Ans.
Great victory was won by them.

4. The teacher praised her students.
Ans.
The students were praised by their teacher.

5. God has given us intelligence.
Ans.
We have been given intelligence. (by God)

6. Spring makes everyone happy.
Ans.
Everyone is made happy by spring.

7. We hear a soft humming in the spring season.
Ans.
A soft humming is heard in the spring season.(no need to right 'by us'  because it is a General statement.)

8. His school honoured him with a medal for bravery.
Ans.
He was honoured with the medal for bravery by his school.

9. Shivaji Maharaj had conquered many forts before he was nineteen.
Ans.
Mini force had been conquered by Shivaji Maharaj before he was nineteen.

10. The killers had murdered three people.
Ans.
Three people had been murdered by the killers.

11. My granny tells me adventurous stories everyday.
Ans.
Adventurous stories are told to me everyday by my granny.
Or
I am told adventurous stories everyday by my granny. (In this sentence there are two objects direct object and indirect object so we can change the voice by both ways.)

12. The police are taking the thief to the police station.
Ans.
The thief is being taken to the police station. (by the police.)

13. She was pulling the rope.
Ans.
The rope was being pulled by her.

14. My mother was driving the car.
Ans.
The car was being driven by my mother.

15. They will punish the guilty.
Ans.
The guilty will be punished (by them).

Q.2 
Change the following passive voice sentences into active voice.

1. Krishna was given the grain by Draupadi.
Ans.
Draupadi gave the grain to Krishna.

2. A beautiful garland was made by her.
Ans.
She made a beautiful garland.

3. I was given a good advice by my mother.
Ans.
My mother gave me a good advice.

4. Each parrot 🐦 was fed grains by the caretakers.
Ans.
The caretakers fade grains to rach parrot.

5. India had been ruled by the British.
Ans.
The British had ruled India.

6. The ceremony has been conducted by the president.
Ans.
The president has conducted the ceremony.

7. This story was written by Ruskin bond.
Ans.
Ruskin bond wrote this story.

8. Those flowers were being plucked by the young girls.
The young girls were plucking Those flowers.

9. Today's assembly was conducted by Nandita.
Ans.
Nandita conducted today's assembly.

10. The classroom is cleaned by the children.
Ans.
The children clean the classroom.

Q.3 
Change the voice in the following sentences .

1. I know Chinese.
Ans.
Chinese is known to me.

2. She spoke to me.
Ans 
I was spoken to by her.

3. The book was given by the librarian.
Ans.
The librarian gave the book.

4. Mrunali had painted the picture.
Ans.
The picture had been painted by Mrinali.

5. You haven't told the secret yet.
Ans.
The secret hasn't been told yet by you.

6. All the rules were read to the villagers.
Ans.
They read all the rules to the villagers.

7. The announcement was written on the notice board.
Ans.
They wrote the announcement on the notice board.

8. The bushes were being planted by my grandfather.
Ans.
My grandfather was planting the bushes.

9. The Taj Mahal was built by Shahjahan.
Ans.
Shahahan built the Taj Mahal.

10. The sweets are being distributed by that kind gentleman.
Ans.
That kind gentleman is distributing the sweets.

11. The dog threw the bone to the puppies.
Ans.
The bone was thrown to the puppies by the dog.

12. The seamstress will stitch a beautiful dress for me.
Ans.
A beautiful dress will be stitched for me by the seamstress.


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