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Practice Test: Active & Passive Voice

A 100-mark comprehensive practice paper covering active and passive voice, tense preservation, passive formulas, modals, perfect and continuous forms, agents, instruments, prepositional and phrasal verbs, double objects, passive infinitives, and difficult Passive → Active transformations — all auto-graded instantly.

EDUSAMBAM Editorial Team·45 questions · 100 marks·Instant self-assessment

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Section	Questions	Marks Each	Total
Section A — Multiple Choice	15	2	30
Section B — True / False	10	2	20
Section C — Fill in the Blank	10	2	20
Section D — Column Matching	5 pairs	2	10
Section E — Short Answer	5	4	20
Total	45	—	100

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Section A — Multiple Choice

30 marks

15 questions · 2 marks each.

1.Which sentence is in the passive voice?Basic2 pts

The teacher marked the papers.

The papers were marked by the teacher.

The teacher is marking the papers.

The teacher will mark the papers.

2.Which formula is the ordinary present simple passive?Basic2 pts

am/is/are + V3

was/were + V3

has/have + been + V3

will + be + V3

3.What is the correct passive form of “The workers are repairing the road”?Intermediate2 pts

The road is repaired by the workers.

The road was being repaired by the workers.

The road is being repaired by the workers.

The road has been repaired by the workers.

4.What is the correct passive form of “They have completed the project”?Intermediate2 pts

The project has completed.

The project has been completed.

The project was completed.

The project is being completed.

5.Which passive form preserves the past continuous tense?Intermediate2 pts

The room was cleaned.

The room was being cleaned.

The room had been cleaned.

The room will be cleaned.

6.Choose the correct passive form: “You must follow the rules.”Intermediate2 pts

The rules must followed.

The rules must be followed.

The rules must been followed.

The rules are must followed.

7.What is the best passive form of “Someone stole my phone”?Basic2 pts

My phone was stolen.

My phone is stole.

My phone had stole.

My phone was stealing.

8.Which passive formula is used for the present perfect?Intermediate2 pts

has/have + been + V3

am/is/are + being + V3

was/were + being + V3

will + be + V3

9.Change into active voice: “The report was written by Sara.”Intermediate2 pts

Sara was writing the report.

Sara wrote the report.

Sara has written the report.

Sara writes the report.

10.Which sentence correctly keeps the preposition in a passive multi-word verb?Advanced2 pts

The child was looked.

The child was looked after.

The child was looking after.

The child was been looked after.

11.Why may the agent be omitted in a passive sentence?Intermediate2 pts

Passive sentences cannot contain agents.

The agent may be unknown, obvious or unimportant.

The agent must always be plural.

The agent changes the tense.

12.Which sentence contains a passive infinitive?Advanced2 pts

They want to repair the roof.

They want repairing the roof.

They want the roof to be repaired.

They wanted the roof repaired it.

13.Which statement about active and passive voice is correct?Basic2 pts

Passive voice is always better.

Voice and tense mean exactly the same thing.

Passive voice changes the grammatical focus of the sentence.

Every intransitive verb has an ordinary passive.

14.What is the best active reconstruction of “The window was broken” when the agent is unknown?Advanced2 pts

The boy broke the window.

The teacher broke the window.

Someone broke the window.

The window broke someone.

15.Which form is correct for a perfect modal passive?Advanced2 pts

modal + be + V3

modal + have been + V3

modal + being + V3

modal + have + V3

Section B — True / False

20 marks

10 questions · 2 marks each.

16.In passive voice, the grammatical subject receives the action.Basic2 pts

True

False

17.The ordinary passive normally requires a suitable object in the active sentence.Basic2 pts

True

False

18.Changing active voice into passive voice always changes the tense.Intermediate2 pts

True

False

19.Continuous passive forms contain the word “being”.Intermediate2 pts

True

False

20.Perfect passive forms contain the word “been”.Intermediate2 pts

True

False

21.A specific agent should be invented whenever a passive sentence does not name one.Advanced2 pts

True

False

22.The passive form of “They are repairing the road” is “The road is being repaired.”Intermediate2 pts

True

False

23.“The rooms is cleaned” is correct singular/plural agreement.Basic2 pts

True

False

24.An intransitive verb normally does not form an ordinary passive.Intermediate2 pts

True

False

25.Passive voice is always better than active voice because it is more formal.Basic2 pts

True

False

Section C — Fill in the Blank

20 marks

10 questions · 2 marks each.

26.The passive voice uses the past ______ (V3) form of the main verb.Basic2 pts

27.In the present simple passive, use am/is/are + ______.Basic2 pts

28.The passive form of “They repaired the car” is “The car ______ repaired.”Intermediate2 pts

29.The passive form of “They are building the bridge” is “The bridge is ______ built.”Intermediate2 pts

30.The past perfect passive uses had + ______ + V3.Advanced2 pts

31.A modal passive uses modal + ______ + V3.Intermediate2 pts

32.The person or thing that performs the action is called the ______.Intermediate2 pts

33.A tool or means used to perform an action is an ______.Advanced2 pts

34.In “The child was looked after”, the word “after” is a retained ______.Advanced2 pts

35.The passive infinitive is formed with “to be + ______”.Advanced2 pts

Section D — Column Matching

10 marks

Use the ▲ ▼ buttons to reorder Column B until each row lines up with the correct term in Column A. 2 marks per correct pair.

36–40.Match each term to its correct definition.Advanced10 pts

Column A

Active voice

Passive voice

Agent

Instrument

Retained preposition

Column B

A means or tool used to perform an action

A preposition that remains because it belongs to the verb phrase

The voice in which the subject performs the action

The person or thing that performs the action

The voice in which the receiver of the action becomes the grammatical subject

Section E — Short Answer

20 marks

5 questions · 4 marks each. Answer in one or two sentences.

41.Change into passive voice: “The researchers have analysed the data.”Advanced4 pts

42.Change into passive voice: “The technicians were installing the software.”Advanced4 pts

43.Change into active voice: “The letter should have been written by Ali.”Advanced4 pts

44.Change into active voice: “The teacher was given the report by the students.”Advanced4 pts

45.Change into active voice: “The child was looked after by her grandmother.”Advanced4 pts

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