Difference Between Active and Passive Voice Practice — Exercise 8 (Tenses, Modals, Infinitive, Participle, & Gerund Included) Improve English with Word Power
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. Active: The headteacher had praised the students for resilience.
A) The students had been praised for resilience by the headteacher.
B) The students were praised for resilience by the headteacher.
C) The students have been praised for resilience by the headteacher.
D) The students had praised for resilience by the headteacher.
Verb: praise — to express approval.
Key POS: had praised (past perfect), students (object).
A) Correct: Plain explanation: Past perfect passive: had been + V3.
B) Wrong: uses simple past.
C) Wrong: present perfect (different timing).
D) Wrong: missing auxiliary.
2. Active: The team will implement stricter controls from next month.
A) Stricter controls will be implemented from next month by the team.
B) Stricter controls will implement from next month by the team.
C) Stricter controls will have been implemented from next month by the team.
D) Stricter controls will be implementing from next month by the team.
Verb: implement — to put into effect.
Key POS: will implement (future), stricter controls (object), from next month (time).
A) Correct: Plain explanation: Future passive: will be + V3.
B) Wrong: misses be.
C) Wrong: (future perfect passive) would be will have been implemented, but that usually means “before some future point” — option A is the straightforward conversion.
D) Wrong: wrong progressive.
3. Active: The photographer had captured the sunrise beautifully.
A) The sunrise had been captured beautifully by the photographer.
B) The sunrise was captured beautifully by the photographer.
C) The sunrise has been captured beautifully by the photographer.
D) The sunrise had captured beautifully by the photographer.
Verb: capture — to take a picture.
Key POS: had captured (past perfect), sunrise (object).
A) Correct: Plain explanation: Past perfect passive uses had been + V3.
B) Wrong: uses simple past (less precise).
C) Wrong: present perfect (wrong).
D) Wrong: missing auxiliary.
4. Active: The staff will arrange alternative seating if needed.
A) Alternative seating will be arranged if needed by the staff.
B) Alternative seating will arrange if needed by the staff.
C) Alternative seating will have arranged if needed by the staff.
D) Alternative seating will be arranging if needed by the staff.
Verb: arrange — to organize.
Key POS: will arrange (future), alternative seating (object).
A) Correct: Plain explanation: Future passive uses will be + V3 → will be arranged.
B) Wrong: misses be.
C) Wrong: wrong tense.
D) Wrong: wrong progressive.
5. Active: The committee is going to postpone the meeting until further notice.
A) The meeting is going to be postponed until further notice by the committee.
B) The meeting going to be postponed until further notice by the committee.
C) The meeting will be postponed until further notice by the committee.
D) The meeting is going to have been postponed until further notice by the committee.
Verb: postpone — to delay.
Key POS: is going to (future intention), postpone (verb), meeting (object).
A) Correct: Plain explanation: “Is going to” passive is is going to be + V3 → is going to be postponed.
B) Wrong: is missing is.
C) Wrong: (will be postponed) is also grammatically correct and similar in meaning, but A better mirrors the active tense used.
D) Wrong: is awkward future perfect.
6. Active: The intern has transcribed the interviews for the report.
A) The interviews have been transcribed for the report by the intern.
B) The interviews have transcribed for the report by the intern.
C) The interviews had been transcribed for the report by the intern.
D) The interviews were transcribed for the report by the intern.
Verb: transcribe — to write down spoken words.
Key POS: has transcribed (present perfect), interviews (object).
A) Correct: Plain explanation: Present perfect passive is have/has been + V3 → have been transcribed.
B) Wrong: drops been.
C) Wrong: past perfect.
D) Wrong: simple past.
7. Active: The chairman will have signed the agreement by midday.
A) The agreement will have been signed by midday by the chairman.
B) The agreement will be signed by midday by the chairman.
C) The agreement will have signed by midday by the chairman.
D) The agreement will have been signing by midday by the chairman.
Verb: sign — to write one’s name to approve.
Key POS: will have signed (future perfect), agreement (object), by midday (time).
A) Correct: Plain explanation: Future perfect passive needs will have been + V3 → will have been signed.
B) Wrong: is future simple passive (doesn’t show “by midday” completion).
C) Wrong: missing been.
D) Wrong: wrong progressive.
8. Active: Someone had erased the log files before they realized.
A) The log files had been erased before they realized.
B) The log files were erased before they realized.
C) The log files have been erased before they realized.
D) The log files had erased before they realized.
Verb: erase — to delete.
Key POS: had erased (past perfect), log files (object).
A) Correct: Plain explanation: Past perfect passive: had been + V3.
B) Wrong: uses past simple (less precise).
C) Wrong: present perfect (wrong).
D) Wrong: misses auxiliary.
9. Active: The startup will seek additional funding next quarter.
A) Additional funding will be sought next quarter by the startup.
B) Additional funding will seek next quarter by the startup.
C) Additional funding will have been sought next quarter by the startup.
D) Additional funding will be seeking next quarter by the startup.
Verb: seek — to try to obtain.
Key POS: will seek (future), additional funding (object).
A) Correct: Plain explanation: Future passive uses will be + V3 → will be sought.
B) Wrong: misses be.
C) Wrong: is future perfect passive (different nuance).
D) Wrong: wrong progressive.
10. Active: The panel had requested clarifications on the data.
A) Clarifications on the data had been requested by the panel.
B) Clarifications on the data were requested by the panel.
C) Clarifications on the data have been requested by the panel.
D) Clarifications on the data had requested by the panel.
Verb: request — to ask for.
Key POS: had requested (past perfect), clarifications (object).
A) Correct: Plain explanation: Past perfect passive: had been + V3.
B) Wrong: simple past (less precise).
C) Wrong: present perfect.
D) Wrong: missing auxiliary.