Passive | MCQs

Explanation

The correct passive voice of the sentence "Your blame counts for nothing" is: "Your blame is worth nothing when it is counted."

This maintains the meaning of the original sentence in a passive construction.

Explanation

The correct passive voice is: "He was not visited by me."

In passive voice, the auxiliary verb "was" is used with the past participle "visited" to form the negative construction.

Explanation

The correct passive voice is: "Is she liked by you?"

In passive voice, the subject of the active sentence becomes the object, and the auxiliary verb is adjusted accordingly.

Explanation

I was given a book by her.

Given sentence is in simple past tense and it is in active voice.

Rule:

Subject + (was/were) + V3 + Other agents

Explanation

• The correct answer is: It was expected by Alexander that he would conquer the world.
• This sentence is in the passive voice, whereas the original sentence is in the active voice. The meaning of the sentence remains the same, but the focus shifts from Alexander (the doer) to the expectation (the action).

Explanation

• The above sentence is in the active voice.
• Let's look at the basic rules for converting active voice to passive voice are as follows:
  • The object of the sentence must be turned into the subject of the sentence in the passive voice.
  • Here, the subject in the active voice is 'they,' whereas the object is 'the instructions.'​​
  • In the passive voice, the subject would be 'the instructions' and the object would be 'them.'
  • Also, 'they' changes to them.' The below table is to represent the change of the subject pronoun to the object pronouns.
  • Thus, as per the above-mentioned rules option, 3rd is correct and therefore the answer.

Explanation

In a sentence written in the active voice,

the subject of sentence performs the action.

In a sentence written in the passive voice,

the subject receives the action.

Explanation

Use being in present continuous tense .

Explanation

Explanation

In passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.

The correct structure of the passive voice with the modal verb "might" in the perfect aspect is:

[Subject] + might have been + past participle + [by + agent].

So, "The insurance money might have been paid in instalments by him" is correctly structured