Grammar - Voice — Important Questions
SUMMARY: The chapter on "Voice" in Class 12 English focuses on understanding and applying the rules for converting sentences from active to passive voice and vice versa.
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
15 questions
Q1
1 Mark
Convert to passive: 'They are building a new road' →
A A new road is built by them
B A new road is being built by them
C A new road has been built by them
D A new road was built by them
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Correct answer: Option 2 — A new road is being built by them
Q2
1 Mark
Active to passive: 'Shakespeare wrote Hamlet' →
A Hamlet is written by Shakespeare
B Hamlet was written by Shakespeare
C Hamlet has written Shakespeare
D Hamlet had been written
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Correct answer: Option 2 — Hamlet was written by Shakespeare
Q3
1 Mark
Identify the voice: 'The mango is being eaten by the boy.'
A Active voice
B Passive voice (present continuous)
C Passive voice (simple present)
D Passive voice (past)
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Correct answer: Option 2 — Passive voice (present continuous)
Q4
1 Mark
Passive of 'They will sell the car next week':
A The car is sold next week
B The car was sold next week
C The car will be sold next week
D The car will sell next week
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Correct answer: Option 3 — The car will be sold next week
Q5
1 Mark
Passive of 'Open the door' (imperative):
A The door is opened
B Let the door be opened
C The door was opened
D Open should be the door
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Correct answer: Option 2 — Let the door be opened
Q6
1 Mark
Active form of 'A letter is being written by her' is:
A She writes a letter
B She wrote a letter
C She is writing a letter
D She has written a letter
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Correct answer: Option 3 — She is writing a letter
Q7
1 Mark
Passive of 'The cat ate the fish':
A The fish is eaten by the cat
B The fish was eaten by the cat
C The fish has been eaten by the cat
D The fish ate by the cat
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Correct answer: Option 2 — The fish was eaten by the cat
Q8
1 Mark
Convert: 'Has she finished the work?' into passive.
A Was the work finished by her
B Has the work been finished by her
C Did she finish the work
D Is the work finished by her
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Correct answer: Option 2 — Has the work been finished by her
Q9
1 Mark
Active form of 'The work has been finished by John' is:
A John finishes the work
B John finished the work
C John has finished the work
D John was finishing the work
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Correct answer: Option 3 — John has finished the work
Q10
1 Mark
Passive of 'Why did you write the letter?':
A Why was the letter written by you
B Why the letter was written by you
C Why has the letter been written
D Why is the letter written
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Correct answer: Option 1 — Why was the letter written by you
Q11
1 Mark
Choose the correct passive: 'They are repairing the road.'
A The road is repaired
B The road is being repaired
C The road has been repaired
D The road will be repaired
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Correct answer: Option 2 — The road is being repaired
Q12
1 Mark
Identify passive of 'Someone has stolen my purse':
A My purse stole
B My purse has been stolen
C My purse is stolen
D My purse stolen
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Correct answer: Option 2 — My purse has been stolen
Q13
1 Mark
Passive of 'Children must obey their parents':
A Children must obeyed
B Parents must be obeyed by children
C Parents must obey children
D Children must be obeyed
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Correct answer: Option 2 — Parents must be obeyed by children
Q14
1 Mark
Active of 'Let cricket be played by us':
A Let us cricket
B Let us play cricket
C Cricket let played us
D We played cricket
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Correct answer: Option 2 — Let us play cricket
Q15
1 Mark
Passive of 'Read the lesson' (imperative):
A The lesson is read
B Let the lesson be read
C Read the lesson by you
D The lesson read
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Correct answer: Option 2 — Let the lesson be read
Short Answer Questions
10 questions
Q16
3 Marks
Convert into passive voice: 'The chef is preparing dinner.'
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'Dinner is being prepared (by the chef).' Present continuous passive: am/is/are + being + V3. The agent 'by the chef' may be omitted if not essential.
Q17
3 Marks
Convert into passive voice: 'Children must obey their parents.'
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'Parents must be obeyed by children.' Passive with modal: modal + be + V3.
Q18
3 Marks
Convert into passive voice: 'Why did you write the letter?'
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'Why was the letter written by you?' Interrogative passive: was/were + subject + V3 + by + agent.
Q19
3 Marks
Convert into passive voice: 'Let us play cricket.'
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'Let cricket be played by us.' Passive form of 'Let us + V1' is 'Let + object + be + V3'.
Q20
3 Marks
Convert into passive voice: 'Shut the door.' (imperative)
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'Let the door be shut.' Passive of imperatives uses 'Let + object + be + V3'.
Q21
3 Marks
Convert into active voice: 'A poem was written by her.'
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'She wrote a poem.' Active reverse: agent (after 'by') becomes subject; auxiliary 'was' is dropped; verb returns to simple past form.
Q22
3 Marks
Convert into active voice: 'My phone has been stolen.'
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'Someone has stolen my phone.' When the agent is omitted in passive (because unknown) we supply 'someone/people/they' in the active form.
Q23
3 Marks
Convert: 'They are building a hospital here.' into passive.
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'A hospital is being built (by them) here.' Present continuous passive: am/is/are + being + V3.
Q24
3 Marks
Convert: 'Tell him the truth.' into passive.
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'Let him be told the truth.' or 'Let the truth be told to him.' Passive of imperatives uses Let + object + be + V3.
Q25
3 Marks
Convert: 'They have completed the project.' into passive.
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'The project has been completed (by them).' Present perfect passive: has/have + been + V3.
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