Difference Between Passive Voice to Active Voice — Exercise 3 (Tenses, Modals, Infinitive, Participle, Gerund, All English Grammar Included) Enrich Your Vocabulary
This practice set trains you to convert active sentences into correct passive forms across a wide range of tenses and modals (simple, continuous, perfect, perfect-continuous, modals + perfect, infinitive, participle, gerund, passive with causatives, and more). Each item gives an active sentence followed by four passive options — only one is correct. Every question includes the main verb (POS & short word meaning), key POS items, and a clear explanation for why the correct answer is right and why each distractor is wrong. No verbs or questions repeat within this set — designed for thorough practice and strong English coverage of “passive voice,” “active to passive,” and tense-conversion queries.
English Grammar Definition: Passive Voice (Be + verb 3rd form)
- Form: be + verb 3rd form.
- Definition: Passive voice = Object of the active + appropriate form of be + past participle (+ by + agent) (agent optional).
- When to use: when the action or object is more important than the actor, or actor unknown/irrelevant.
- Form basics:
- Simple present passive: is/are + V3
- Simple past passive: was/were + V3
- Present perfect passive: has/have been + V3
- Future passive: will be + V3 or will have been + V3 (future perfect passive)
- Modal passive: modal + be + V3 or modal + have been + V3 (modal perfect passive)
- Passive of continuous forms: is/are being + V3; was/were being + V3; will be being + V3 (rare)
- Conversion tip: Identify the object of the active sentence — that becomes the subject of the passive. Match tense and auxiliary forms; preserve modals (can/will/must/should) using be or have been as needed.
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Quiz Question, Answer and Explanation
Note: Do remember in the quiz box above, the questions and options will shuffle, so they won’t have the same sequence like 1, 2, 3, or A, B, C as below.
1. Passive: The students had been praised for resilience by the headteacher.
A) The headteacher had praised the students for resilience.
B) The headteacher praised the students for resilience.
C) The students had praised the headteacher for resilience.
D) The headteacher has praised the students for resilience.
Verb: praise — verb. To express approval.
Key POS: had been praised (past perfect passive), students (object).
A) Correct: Past perfect passive → active with had praised.
A keeps the correct sequence: praise happened before some past reference.
B) Wrong: (simple past) lacks the past-perfect nuance.
C) Wrong: flips roles.
D) Wrong: present perfect (different timing).
2. Passive: Stricter controls will be implemented from next month by the team.
A) The team will implement stricter controls from next month.
B) The team will be implementing stricter controls from next month.
C) Stricter controls will implement the team from next month.
D) The team has implemented stricter controls from next month.
Verb: implement — verb. To put into effect.
Key POS: will be implemented (future passive), from next month (time).
A) Correct: Future passive → active future: will implement with team as subject.
A is the direct, simple conversion.
B) Wrong: changes aspect to progressive (suggests ongoing over time).
C) Wrong: wrong order.
D) Wrong: present perfect (wrong time).
3. Passive: The sunrise had been captured beautifully by the photographer.
A) The photographer had captured the sunrise beautifully.
B) The photographer captured the sunrise beautifully.
C) The sunrise had captured the photographer beautifully.
D) The photographer has captured the sunrise beautifully.
Verb: capture — verb. To take a photograph.
Key POS: had been captured (past perfect passive), beautifully (manner).
A) Correct: Past perfect passive → active past perfect: had captured.
A keeps the “before some past point” sense.
B) Wrong: simple past changes nuance.
C) Wrong: flips roles.
D) Wrong: present perfect (wrong timing).
4. Passive: Alternative seating will be arranged if needed by the staff.
A) The staff will arrange alternative seating if needed.
B) The staff will be arranging alternative seating if needed.
C) Alternative seating will arrange the staff if needed.
D) The staff have arranged alternative seating if needed.
Verb: arrange — verb. To organize or set up.
Key POS: will be arranged (future passive), if needed (condition).
A) Correct: Future passive → active future: will arrange with staff as subject.
A keeps conditional meaning (they will do it only if needed).
B) Wrong: progressive (suggests ongoing action, slight nuance change).
C) Wrong: wrong order.
D) Wrong: present perfect (wrong).
5. Passive: The meeting is going to be postponed until further notice by the committee.
A) The committee is going to postpone the meeting until further notice.
B) The meeting is going to postpone the committee until further notice.
C) The committee will be postponing the meeting until further notice.
D) The committee has postponed the meeting until further notice.
Verb: postpone — verb. To delay.
Key POS: is going to be postponed (near-future passive), until further notice (time).
A) Correct: “Is going to be postponed” → active is going to postpone, put committee first as subject.
A mirrors the near-future plan.
B) Wrong: reverses roles.
C) Wrong: uses progressive future (okay but changes nuance to ongoing postponing).
D) Wrong: present perfect (says it already happened).
6. Passive: A detailed summary was prepared by the intern for the meeting.
A) The intern prepared a detailed summary for the meeting.
B) A detailed summary prepared the intern for the meeting.
C) The intern has prepared a detailed summary for the meeting.
D) The intern will prepare a detailed summary for the meeting.
Verb (meaning): prepare — to make ready.
Key POS: was prepared = past simple passive; by the intern = agent.
Learner tip: When you see was/were + V3, think past simple active: subject + past verb + object.
A) Correct: Identify the by-phrase: by the intern → active subject = the intern.
Passive tense is past simple (was prepared), so the active must be past simple: prepared.
A moves the agent to subject and uses past simple: exact match.
B) Wrong: reverses roles — nonsense.
C) Wrong: uses present perfect (has prepared) — that implies recent completion but not the same simple-past meaning.
D) Wrong: moves to future — wrong time.
7. Passive: The proposal is often rejected by the committee.
A) The committee often rejects the proposal.
B) The committee is often rejecting the proposal.
C) The proposal often rejects the committee.
D) The committee has often rejected the proposal.
Verb: reject — to refuse.
Key POS: is often rejected = present simple passive with adverb often.
Learner tip: With frequency words (always, often), prefer present simple forms.
A) Correct: Is often rejected is passive of present simple. Active present simple = committee rejects.
A places committee as subject and uses present simple rejects; adverb often stays in same place.
B) Wrong: uses present continuous — different (implies ongoing at this moment).
C) Wrong: flips subject/object — incorrect.
D) Wrong: present perfect (has often rejected) changes time frame (talks about repeated past to now) — subtle but different.
8. Passive: The contract has been signed by both parties today.
A) Both parties have signed the contract today.
B) Both parties signed the contract today.
C) The contract has signed both parties today.
D) Both parties will sign the contract today.
Verb: sign — to write one’s name to agree.
Key POS: has been signed = present perfect passive; today (time adverb).
Learner tip: has/have been + V3 → active has/have + V3.
A) Correct: Present perfect passive (has been signed) → active present perfect: have signed.
Agent: both parties become subject.
A: Both parties have signed the contract today — matches tense and meaning (recent action with present relevance).
B) Wrong: uses simple past — could be OK informally, but it loses the present relevance that has provides.
C) Wrong: wrong order and missing auxiliary.
D) Wrong: future — wrong.
9. Passive: A new policy was being drafted by the team last week.
A) The team was drafting a new policy last week.
B) The team drafted a new policy last week.
C) The team had been drafting a new policy last week.
D) A new policy was drafting by the team last week.
Verb: draft — to write a preliminary version.
Key POS: was being drafted = past continuous passive.
Learner tip: was/were being + V3 → active was/were + V-ing.
A) Correct: Past continuous passive (was being drafted) converts to active past continuous: was drafting.
A places the team as subject and uses was drafting → same “action in progress” feel for last week.
B) Wrong: (simple past) removes the “in progress” nuance.
C) Wrong: past perfect continuous changes the time relation (it would imply earlier ongoing action before another past point).
D) Wrong: wrong passive wording.
10. Passive: The emergency protocol will have been triggered by then.
A) Someone will have triggered the emergency protocol by then.
B) Someone will trigger the emergency protocol by then.
C) The emergency protocol will trigger someone by then.
D) Someone will be triggering the emergency protocol by then.
Verb: trigger — to cause to start.
Key POS: will have been triggered = future perfect passive; by then indicates completion before a future moment.
Learner tip: will have been + V3 → active will have + V3.
A) Correct: Future perfect passive (will have been + V3) → active future perfect: will have + V3.
A: Someone will have triggered the emergency protocol by then — expresses completion before that future point.
B) Wrong: is simple future (no guaranteed completion by that future reference).
C) Wrong: lips roles.
D) Wrong: is future continuous (ongoing action, different nuance).
