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Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “They should have informed us.”
A. We should be informed by them.
B. We should have been informed by them.
C. We had been informed should by them.
D. We should have informed them.
Correct Answer: B
The perfect modal passive uses should have been + past participle.
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Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive sentence.
A. The work should have been completed.
B. The work should been completing.
C. The work should have completed.
D. The work should has been completed.
Correct Answer: A
A perfect modal passive uses modal + have been + past participle.
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Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive sentence.
A. The report is preparing.
B. The report has being prepared.
C. The report is being prepared.
D. The report being is prepared.
Correct Answer: C
Present continuous passive is is/are being + past participle.
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Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive sentence.
A. The room cleans every day.
B. The room is clean every day by.
C. The room has cleaning every day.
D. The room is cleaned every day.
Correct Answer: D
The simple present passive is is/are + past participle.
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Passive Voice
Why is “He resembles his father” not normally changed into passive voice?
A. Father is a pronoun.
B. Resemble is a stative verb not normally used in the passive.
C. The tense is future.
D. The sentence has no subject.
Correct Answer: B
Some stative or relationship verbs, including 'resemble', are generally not used passively.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Passive Voice
Which sentence cannot normally be changed into passive voice?
A. The chef cooked the meal.
B. They completed the work.
C. The baby slept peacefully.
D. She opened the box.
Correct Answer: C
Only transitive verbs with objects normally form the passive; 'slept' is intransitive here.
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Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “Let us discuss the matter.”
A. The matter should discussing.
B. The matter is discussed by us.
C. Let us be discussed the matter.
D. Let the matter be discussed.
Correct Answer: D
An imperative suggestion may be passivized as 'Let + object + be + past participle'.
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Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “Nobody can deny the truth.”
A. The truth cannot be denied.
B. The truth is not denied by nobody.
C. Nobody can be denied by the truth.
D. The truth can deny nobody.
Correct Answer: A
A negative subject such as 'nobody' becomes a negative passive, normally without an agent.
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Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “Can anyone answer this question?”
A. Can this question be answered by anyone?
B. Can anyone be answered by this question?
C. Is this question answered by anyone?
D. Can this question answered anyone?
Correct Answer: A
Modal interrogative passive uses modal + subject + be + past participle.
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Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “They will not accept the proposal.”
A. The proposal is not accepted by them.
B. The proposal would not accept them.
C. The proposal will not accepted by them.
D. The proposal will not be accepted by them.
Correct Answer: D
Negative future passive places 'not' after 'will'.
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Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “The company had offered him a job.”
A. He was offered a job by the company.
B. He had been offered a job by the company.
C. He has been offered a job by the company.
D. A job had offered him.
Correct Answer: B
Past perfect passive uses had been + past participle.
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Change into passive voice: “They were questioning the suspect.”
A. The suspect had been questioned by them.
B. The suspect was being questioned by them.
C. The suspect was questioned by them.
D. The suspect is being questioned by them.
Correct Answer: B
Past continuous passive uses was being + past participle.
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Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “The committee is considering the proposal.”
A. The proposal has been considered by the committee.
B. The proposal was considered by the committee.
C. The proposal is being considered by the committee.
D. The proposal is considered by the committee.
Correct Answer: C
Present continuous passive uses is being + past participle.
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Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “The storm damaged many houses.”
A. Many houses have damaged by the storm.
B. Many houses were damaged by the storm.
C. Many houses damaged the storm.
D. The storm was damaged by many houses.
Correct Answer: B
Plural subject 'houses' takes 'were damaged'.
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Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “The police arrested the thief.”
A. The police was arrested by the thief.
B. The thief had arrested the police.
C. The thief is arrested by the police.
D. The thief was arrested by the police.
Correct Answer: D
Simple past passive uses was + past participle.
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Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “The news surprised me.”
A. I was surprised by the news.
B. I had surprised by the news.
C. The news was surprised by me.
D. I surprised the news.
Correct Answer: A
The object 'me' becomes subject 'I'; simple past becomes 'was surprised'.
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Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “People say that he was a great leader.”
A. He is said that he was a great leader.
B. He was said to be a great leader.
C. He is said to have been a great leader.
D. He says to have been a great leader.
Correct Answer: C
When the reported state is earlier than the reporting, use perfect infinitive 'to have been'.
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Passive Voice
Choose another correct passive form: “People believe that he is honest.”
A. He has believed to be honest.
B. He is believed to be honest.
C. He believed to be honest.
D. He is believed that honest.
Correct Answer: B
A personal passive can use subject + is believed + to-infinitive.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “People believe that he is honest.”
A. It believes that he is honest.
B. That he is honest is believed people.
C. He believes to be honest.
D. It is believed that he is honest.
Correct Answer: D
An impersonal passive may begin with 'It is believed that...'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Passive Voice
Change into passive voice: “We heard her sing a song.”
A. A song heard her singing.
B. She was heard sing a song by us.
C. She was heard to sing a song by us.
D. She had been heard singing a song.
Correct Answer: C
After verbs of perception, the passive generally uses 'to + verb'.