Exercise 1: Practice difference between Active to Passive across tense, modals, gerund, infinitive, participle & complete grammar set. Exam-style question with word meaning.
This practice set trains you to make correct passive forms sentences across a wide range of tenses and modals (simple, continuous, perfect, perfect-continuous, modals + perfect, infinitive, participle, gerund, passive with causatives, and more). Each question gives an active sentence followed by blanks for the passive voice — your job is to select & drop single-word option containers into the blanks. 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 other options and distractors are wrong. No verbs or questions repeat within the full set — designed for thorough practice and strong English Grammar and Spoken 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 Instructions
- Read each question and choose the best answer out of given options. There is one word option to fill the blanks and you can use one option more than once.
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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. Active: The technicians will assemble the new prototypes by Friday.
Convert To Passive: [[blank1]] new [[blank2]] will [[blank3]] [[blank4]] by Friday.
Options: the, new, prototypes, will, be, assembled, assemble, by, technicians, friday, shall, would, are, were
Verb (POS & meaning): assemble — verb. To put parts together.
Key POS: technicians (agent), will (modal future), the new prototypes (object→passive subject), by Friday (time).
Correct Passive (blanks): [[The]] new [[prototypes]] will [[be]] [[assembled]] by Friday.
Explanation (simple): Object becomes subject. Future uses will + be + V3 → will be assembled.
Why distractors wrong (short): assemble base form wrong; are/were wrong tense; shall/would change meaning; technicians/by are agent/time words.
Trap/tip: Don’t replace will with would or shall unless original tense changes.
2. Active: Someone has damaged the office equipment.
Convert To Passive: The office equipment [[blank1]] [[blank2]] [[blank3]].
Options: has, been, damaged, was, were, someone, the, office, equipment, had, is, are, damaging
Verb (POS & meaning): damage — verb. To harm or break.
Key POS: someone (agent), has (auxiliary present perfect), damaged (V3), the office equipment (object→subject).
Correct Passive (blanks): The office equipment [[has]] [[been]] [[damaged]].
Explanation: Present perfect active (has damaged). Passive = has been + V3.
Why distractors wrong: was/were simple past; had past perfect; is/are present simple.
Trap/tip: Present perfect passive always uses has/have been + V3.
3. Active: The committee had postponed the meeting until Monday.
Convert To Passive: The [[blank1]] had [[blank2]] [[blank3]] until Monday.
Options: had, been, postponed, would, was, were, postpone, until, meeting, monday, the, by, committee
Verb (POS & meaning): postpone — verb. To delay.
Key POS: committee (agent), had (past perfect), postponed (V3), meeting (object→subject).
Correct Passive (blanks): The [[meeting]] had [[been]] [[postponed]] until Monday.
Explanation: Past perfect passive uses had been + V3.
Why distractors wrong: was/were change tense; postpone base form wrong.
Trap/tip: Match perfect auxiliaries—the passive needs been after had/has/have.
4. Active: They are painting the bridge this month.
Convert To Passive: The bridge [[blank1]] [[blank2]] [[blank3]] this month.
Options: is, are, being, painted, paint, the, bridge, this, month, was, were, painted, by
Verb (POS & meaning): paint — verb. To coat with color.
Key POS: they (agent), are (present continuous auxiliary), painting (V-ing), the bridge (object→subject), this month (time).
Correct Passive (blanks): The bridge [[is]] [[being]] [[painted]] this month.
Explanation: Present continuous passive: is/are being + V3. Here the bridge is being painted.
Why distractors wrong: are being as two-word tile not allowed; was/were wrong tense.
Trap/tip: Continuous passive uses be (is/are) + being + V3.
5. Active: The police arrested the suspect yesterday.
Convert To Passive: The [[blank1]] [[blank2]] arrested yesterday.
Options: was, were, arrested, arrest, the, suspect, yesterday, by, police, has, been, had
Verb (POS & meaning): arrest — verb. To take someone into custody.
Key POS: police (agent), arrested (V2/V3), suspect (object→subject), yesterday (time).
Correct Passive (blanks): The [[suspect]] [[was]] arrested yesterday.
Explanation: Simple past passive: was/were + V3.
Why distractors wrong: has been present perfect, were would be plural agreement wrong (suspect singular).
Trap/tip: Use was with singular subjects in simple past passive.
6. Active: They will have completed the project by June.
Convert To Passive: [[blank1]] [[blank2]] will have [[blank3]] [[blank4]] by [[blank5]].
Options: will, have, been, completed, be, complete, the, project, by, june, them
Verb (POS & meaning): complete — verb. To finish.
Key POS: will have (future perfect auxiliary), completed (V3), the project (object→subject).
Correct Passive (blanks): [[The]] [[project]] will have [[been]] [[completed]] by [[June]].
Explanation: Future perfect passive: will have been + V3.
Why distractors wrong: will be completed = simple future passive, not future perfect. will have alone incomplete.
Trap/tip: For future perfect passive split into three one-word blanks: will / have / been.
7. Active: The teacher made the student apologize. (causative)
Convert To Passive: The [[blank1]] [[blank2]] [[blank3]] [[blank4]] apologize by the [[blank5]].
Options: was, made, makes, apologize, apologizes, apologized, make, the, student, by, teacher, to
Verb (POS & meaning): make — verb (causative). To force or cause someone to do something.
Key POS: teacher (agent), made (causative past), the student (object→passive subject), apologize (bare infinitive).
Correct Passive (blanks): The [[student]] [[was]] [[made ]] [[to]] apologize by the [[teacher]].
Explanation: Causative passive: Subject + be + made + to + V1. Past: was made to apologize.
Why distractors wrong: made to combined tile not allowed; apologized wrong form; was made needs to + base verb.
Trap/tip: In causatives, passive usually inserts to before the base verb: was made to + V1.
8. Active: People speak Spanish in many countries.
Convert To Passive: Spanish [[blank1]] [[blank2]] in many countries.
Options: is, are, spoken, speak, by, people, spanish, in, many, countries, being, was
Verb (POS & meaning): speak — verb. To use a language.
Key POS: people (agent), speak (verb), Spanish (object→subject), many countries (location).
Correct Passive (blanks): Spanish [[is]] [[spoken]] in many countries.
Explanation: Simple present passive uses is/are + V3. Spanish is singular → is spoken.
Why distractors wrong: are wrong for singular; speak base form wrong.
Trap/tip: For general truths, simple present passive is common: is/are + V3.
9. Active: They have built several clinics this year.
Convert To Passive: Several clinics [[blank1]] [[blank2]] [[blank3]] this year.
Options: have, been, built, has, were, are, several, clinics, this, year, by, they
Verb (POS & meaning): build — verb. To construct.
Key POS: they (agent), have (present perfect), built (V3), several clinics (object→subject).
Correct Passive (blanks): Several clinics [[have]] [[been]] [[built]] this year.
Explanation: Present perfect passive = have/has been + V3.
Why distractors wrong: has wrong agreement with plural; were/are wrong tense.
Trap/tip: Match subject number when choosing have/has in perfect passive.
10. Active: The company will announce the results tomorrow.
Convert To Passive: The [[blank1]] will [[blank2]] [[blank3]] tomorrow.
Options: the, company, be, announced, announce, will, would, results, tomorrow, by, announce, is, are
Verb (POS & meaning): announce — verb. To make known publicly.
Key POS: company (agent), will (future), announce (V1), the results (object→subject).
Correct Passive (blanks): The [[results]] will [[be]] [[announced]] tomorrow.
Explanation: Future simple passive = will be + V3.
Why distractors wrong: announce base form wrong; will announce active form not passive.
Trap/tip: Subject placement can vary; ensure be is present after will.
