Active - Passive Test-1

The correct sentence in passive form will be: The students were informed about the Diwali holidays by the Principal. The first option has the wrong form of the word ‘inform’ so it is incorrect while the second option is incorrect because there are students and not student so the word were should be used and not was. Option D is incorrect because it is in continuous tense but the task of informing students has been completed once.

The correct option is C because the subject is performing the action on the object. On changing the voice of the sentence, the tasks performed and the objects are also exchanged. Here, the subject is the victim and the action of writing the letter is performed by the subject.

The subject of the sentence is the one for whom she is working. The action performed is working and the doer of the action is ‘she’. When word like ‘whom’ is used in the being of the sentence in active voice, it is changed to ‘who’ in the passive voice. Among the given options, there are 2 that start with ‘who’.

The correct option is A. Here the subject is the officer while the action performed is of waiting. The doer of the action is the aged man. To change the sentence in the passive voice, the emphasis must be on the doer i.e. the aged man. So the sentence starts with the aged man followed by the action which is performed due to the subject.

 We know that the primary auxiliary verb does not appear in the sentences in passive voice. Here, the primary auxiliary verb is ‘did’. Following this, option B is disqualified. Among options A, C and D, option D is grammatically correct and also questions the addressee.

The correct sentence in passive form will be: A school is being built by them. The second option is incorrect as if used the meaning would be that a school has been built by them. Option C means that they were building a school but the current situation is not specified while option D is not right as it makes the sentence construction incorrect.

The correct sentence in passive form will be: The student was scolded by the teacher. The second option is incorrect because the tense of the sentence will become present but the one in active voice is in past tense. Option C is doesn’t fit the sentence correctly and makes it inappropriate. The teacher has scolded just one student so using ‘are’ in the sentence will be incorrect.

The subject of the sentence is fenugreek leaves and the action is ‘sun-drying’ the leaves which is performed by ‘they’. In the passive form, the doer of the action remains at the beginning and is followed by the action and then the object on which the action is being performed. No other options use the doer of the action and hence are incorrect.

The child is performing the action of the crawling on the object i.e. the bed. In the passive voice, the object is being acted upon by the doer. In the sentence, both the past-tense verb i.e. crawled and the helping verb i.e. being are used which makes the sentence in passive voice.

The subject of the sentence is the ‘I’. The action performed is of leaving the house and the doer of the action is the thief. Therefore, the reversal of the emphasis from the subject of the sentence to the doer of the action takes place so the sentence starts with the thief followed by the action and finally the subject.