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25 questions covering every section of the note on active and passive voice, including tense forms, questions, imperatives, modals, verbs with two objects, uses of the passive and common mistakes.
This Lok Sewa practice set has 25 multiple-choice questions (Subject: English · For: Kharidar, Nayab Subba, Section Officer · Level: Medium). Take the quiz above first; after that, use the study list below to revise every question with its correct answer and a short explanation.
Study list: all 25 questions with answers and explanations
Change into passive: "Sita cooks rice."
- A) Rice was cooked by Sita.
- B) Rice is cooked by Sita. ✔
- C) Rice is cooking by Sita.
- D) Rice cooks by Sita.
Why: Present simple passive is is/am/are + V3, so "Rice is cooked by Sita".
Which sentence CANNOT be changed into the passive voice?
- A) The baby sleeps. ✔
- B) Ram reads a book.
- C) They built a school.
- D) Gita sings a song.
Why: Sleep is an intransitive verb with no object, so it has no passive form.
Change into passive: "She invited us."
- A) Us were invited by her.
- B) We were invited by she.
- C) We were invited by her. ✔
- D) We was invited by her.
Why: The object us becomes the subject we, and the subject she becomes her after by.
Change into passive: "Hari is painting the wall."
- A) The wall is painted by Hari.
- B) The wall has been painted by Hari.
- C) The wall was being painted by Hari.
- D) The wall is being painted by Hari. ✔
Why: The present continuous passive is is/are + being + V3.
Change into passive: "Hari had painted the wall."
- A) The wall had been painted by Hari. ✔
- B) The wall was been painted by Hari.
- C) The wall had painted by Hari.
- D) The wall has been painted by Hari.
Why: The past perfect passive is had been + V3.
Change into passive: "Hari will paint the wall."
- A) The wall will painted by Hari.
- B) The wall will be painted by Hari. ✔
- C) The wall will being painted by Hari.
- D) The wall would painted by Hari.
Why: The future simple passive is will be + V3.
Which tense is normally NOT changed into the passive in exam grammar?
- A) Past simple
- B) Present perfect
- C) Present perfect continuous ✔
- D) Future simple
Why: The perfect continuous tenses and the future continuous are normally not changed into the passive because the forms become very awkward.
Change into passive: "Ram plants trees."
- A) Trees is planted by Ram.
- B) Trees was planted by Ram.
- C) Trees are planting by Ram.
- D) Trees are planted by Ram. ✔
Why: The form of be agrees with the new plural subject trees, so are is used.
Change into passive: "Gita did not sign the form."
- A) The form was not signed by Gita. ✔
- B) The form did not signed by Gita.
- C) The form is not signed by Gita.
- D) The form was not sign by Gita.
Why: Past simple negative passive is was/were + not + V3.
Change into passive: "Did Ram write the letter?"
- A) Did the letter written by Ram?
- B) Was the letter written by Ram? ✔
- C) Was the letter wrote by Ram?
- D) Is the letter written by Ram?
Why: A past simple yes/no question becomes was/were + subject + V3 in the passive.
Change into passive: "Who wrote this note?"
- A) Who was this note written?
- B) By who was this note wrote?
- C) By whom was this note written? ✔
- D) Whom this note was written by?
Why: Who as the subject becomes "by whom" at the front of the passive question.
Change into passive: "What did Hari buy?"
- A) What did bought by Hari?
- B) What has been bought by Hari?
- C) What is bought by Hari?
- D) What was bought by Hari? ✔
Why: The question word stays at the front and the past simple passive form was + V3 is used.
Change into passive: "Open the window."
- A) Let the window be opened. ✔
- B) The window is opened.
- C) Let the window opened.
- D) The window should opened.
Why: An imperative with an object takes the pattern let + object + be + V3.
Change into passive: "Please help me."
- A) You are request to help me.
- B) You are requested to help me. ✔
- C) I am helped by you.
- D) Help is requested by me.
Why: A polite request is changed with "You are requested to".
Change into passive: "We must protect forests."
- A) Forests must protected.
- B) Forests must be protect.
- C) Forests must be protected. ✔
- D) Forests must being protected.
Why: In the passive a modal is followed by be + V3; the vague doer "we" may be dropped.
Change into passive: "Someone must have stolen the bag."
- A) The bag must be stolen.
- B) The bag must have stolen.
- C) The bag must being stolen.
- D) The bag must have been stolen. ✔
Why: A modal perfect takes have been + V3 in the passive, and the vague doer someone is dropped.
Change into passive with the person as subject: "Ram gave Sita a book."
- A) Sita was given a book by Ram. ✔
- B) Sita gave a book by Ram.
- C) Sita was give a book by Ram.
- D) A book was given Sita by Ram.
Why: With two objects, the person (Sita) can become the subject: was given + the other object.
When the thing becomes the subject, what is the correct passive of "The teacher taught us English."?
- A) English was teached to us by the teacher.
- B) English is taught to us by the teacher.
- C) English was taught to us by the teacher. ✔
- D) English taught to us by the teacher.
Why: When the thing is the subject, to is added before the person, and the past tense gives was taught.
In which situation is the passive voice most suitable?
- A) When the doer is the most important part of the sentence
- B) When the doer is unknown, as in "My mobile was stolen." ✔
- C) When the verb is intransitive
- D) When giving a friendly personal greeting
Why: The passive is preferred when the doer is unknown, unimportant or obvious, and in formal writing.
Change into passive: "People speak Nepali here."
- A) Nepali was spoken by people here.
- B) Nepali was spoken here.
- C) Nepali speaks here.
- D) Nepali is spoken here. ✔
Why: Vague doers such as people, someone and they are normally left out of the passive.
Which kind of writing uses the passive voice often?
- A) Formal notices and official rules ✔
- B) Text messages to friends
- C) Personal diaries only
- D) Children's rhymes
Why: Notices, reports and rules are formal, so they often use the passive, for example "Mobile phones are not allowed in the exam hall."
Which passive sentence uses the correct verb form?
- A) The letter was wrote by Ram.
- B) The letter was writing by Ram.
- C) The letter was written by Ram. ✔
- D) The letter written was by Ram.
Why: The passive needs the past participle V3 (written), not the past form V2 (wrote).
Which sentence about the accident is correct?
- A) The accident was happened at night.
- B) The accident happened at night. ✔
- C) The accident is happened at night.
- D) The accident had been happened at night.
Why: Happen is intransitive, so it has no passive form.
Which is the correct form of "The exam will held next week."?
- A) The exam will be hold next week.
- B) The exam will being held next week.
- C) The exam will been held next week.
- D) The exam will be held next week. ✔
Why: Will, like other modals, is followed by be + V3 in the passive.
Fill in the blank with the correct preposition: "I am interested ___ music."
- A) by
- B) at
- C) in ✔
- D) with
Why: Interested takes in; some passive verbs take prepositions other than by, such as known to, pleased with and surprised at.