CBSE Class 10 English Active and Passive Voice Assignment

Active or Passive Verb Form

Question. A lot of people ……………………….. by us.
(a) employed
(b) are employed

Answer : B

Question. A lot of money ……………………… from the bank.
(a) stole
(b) was stolen
(c) stolen

Answer : B

Question. The room ……………………… every day.
(a) should clean
(b) should be cleaned

Answer : B

Question. I ……………………….. to many parties.
(a) not invited
(b) am not invited
(c) am not inviting

Answer : B

Question. Robbers ……………………. a lot of money.
(a) stole
(b) was stolen
(c) stolen

Answer : A

Question. Many accidents ………………………. by reckless driving.
(a) cause
(b) are caused
(c) caused

Answer : B

Question. A lot of money …………………………….. on the project.
(a) was wasting
(b) was wasted
(c) has wasted

Answer : B

Question. Not many people ……………………… me to their parties.
(a) invite
(b) are invited

Answer : A

Question. Although the boat ………………………… everybody on board ……………………….
(a) was sunk, was rescued
(b) sank, was rescued
(c) sank, rescued

Answer : B

Question. I …………………………. up by a loud noise.
(a) wake
(b) woke
(c) was woken

Answer : C

Question. We ……………………. 300 people.
(a) employ
(b) are employed

Answer : A

Question. Two-thirds of the earth’s surface …………………………. by water.
(a) covered
(b) is covering
(c) is covered

Answer : C

Active vs Passive Exercise

Question. She ............................ because she had missed yet another deadline.
(a) was fired
(b) has fired
(c) fired

Answer : A

Question. The prizes ............................ by the chief guest.
(a) gave away
(b) given away
(c) were given away

Answer : C

Question. Although he died many years ago, people still ................................. him fondly.
(a) remember
(b) is remembered
(c) has remembered

Answer : A

Question. He ............................... the invite.
(a) has accepted
(b) was accepted
(c) has been accepted

Answer : A

Question. They ............................ the dispute amicably.
(a) resolved
(b) were resolved
(c) was resolved

Answer : A

Question. He ..................................... fondly .............................. by his family.
(a) has, remembered
(b) is, remembered
(c) is, remembering

Answer : B

Question. The boy .............................. for misbehaving in the class.
(a) has reprimanded
(b) was reprimanded
(c) was reprimanding

Answer : B

Question. The matter ................................. during the meeting.
(a) will discuss
(b) will be discussed

Answer : B

Question. The winners ................................ by all.
(a) have congratulated
(b) were congratulated
(c) were congratulating

Answer : B

Question. We .............................. the photos.
(a) were showed
(b) shown
(c) were shown

Answer : C

Question. They ........................... fun of me.
(a) were made
(b) made
(c) are made

Answer : B

Question. He .................................. by his wife and children.
(a) survives
(b) is survived
(c) survived

Answer : B

1. Tenses and Verb Forms
(a) Simple Present
Active: She sings a song.
Passive: A song is sung by her. Is/am/are+ past participle

(b) Simple Past
Active: She sang a song.
Passive: A song was sung by her.
Was/were + Past Participle

(c) Simple Future
Active: She will Sing a song.
Passive: A song will be sung by her. Will by/ shall by + Past participle

(d) Present Continuous
Active: She is singing a song.
Passive: A song is being sung by her.
Is/am/are/+being+ past participle

(e) Past Continuous
Active: She was singing a song.
Passive: A song was being sung by her.
Was/were + being + past participle

(f) Future Continuous
No Passive

(g) Present Perfect
Active: She has sung a song.
Passive: A song has been sung by her. Has + been + past participle

(h) Past perfect
Active: she had sung a song.
Passive: A song had been sung by her. Had + been + past participle

(i) Future perfect
Active: She will have sung a song.
Passive: she will have been sung by her. Will + have + been +
past participle

2. Kinds of sentences

(a) Assertive Sentences
Active: He plucked a flower.
Passive: A flower was plucked by him.

(b) Imperative Sentence (Negative)
Active: Don't run in the corridor.
Passive: You are asked/ordered not turn in the corridor.
Imperative Sentence (positive)
Active: Switch off all lights at ten.
Passive: You are asked/ordered to switch off all lights at ten.

(c) Interrogative Sentence
Active: what is he doing?
Passive: What is being done by him?
Active: Did he write the story?
Passive: was the story written by him?

3. Sentences with two objects
Active: He lent me some money.
Passive: I was lent some money by him.
Some money was lent to me by him.

4. Verbs followed by Prepositions
Active: The people laughed at the clown.
Passive: The clown was laughed at by the people.

5. Sentences beginning with let
(I) Active: Let him finish the work.
Passive: let the work be finished by him.
(II) Active: Let me solve this sum.
Passive: Let this sum be solved by me.
OR
You are asked to let me solve this sum.